Lucifer Effect Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

Name: Lucifer Effect Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
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ISBN: 9780812974447

ISBN-10: 0812974441

ISBN-13: 9780812974447

Edition: 2008

Authors: Philip Zimbardo

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What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it? Renowned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has the answers, and inThe Lucifer Effecthe explains how–and the myriad reasons why–we are all susceptible to the lure of “the dark side.” Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women. Zimbardo is perhaps best known as the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Here, for the first time and in detail, he tells the full…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/22/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.27" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


List of Illustrations


The Psychology of Evil: Situated Character Transformations


Sunday's Surprise Arrests


Let Sunday's Degradation Rituals Begin


Monday's Prisoner Rebellion


Tuesday's Double Trouble: Visitors and Rioters


Wednesday Is Spiraling Out of Control


The Power to Parole


Thursday's Reality Confrontations


Friday's Fade to Black


The SPE's Meaning and Messages: The Alchemy of Character Transformations


The SPE: Ethics and Extensions


Investigating Social Dynamics: Power, Conformity, and Obedience


Investigating Social Dynamics: Deindividuation, Dehumanization, and the Evil of Inaction


Abu Ghraib's Abuses and Tortures: Understanding and Personalizing Its Horrors


Putting the System on Trial: Command Complicity


Resisting Situational Influences and Celebrating Heroism


Notes


Index