Philip Zimbardo: Why ordinary people do evil ... or do good

http://www.ted.com Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it is to be a hero, and how we can rise to the challenge.


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[TheRealArngrim]

TED... I have to sleep...

[OregonCoastGhost]

He managed to fit a semester's worth of material in to 23 minutes. Crazy. Loved his passion. He touched on so many good points. Excellent speech!

[Samoaqueen]

That guy's breathing is killing me. I'm going to need him to take care of himself :( Brilliant work though.

[mamikodis]

Evil does not exist and hate only exists because people believe in evil. Please stop calling and thinking of things that are bad as "evil". It doesn't exist. I really wish that this thought comes through to as many people as possible. I don't want to see more unnecessary hate and suffering in the world.

[GJ3200]

what you learn in childhood and how you react to what you have learned and developed with present situations will determine what your good and evil choices are in the society you live in. Good and evil are relative. Is it good to eat dogs in the USA, no. In China is it perfectly fine to eat dogs there, yes. So are they "evil" to you. childhood deprevation leads to adult compensation. so when one chooses to do evil in their society they are a bad

reaction.

[GJ3200]

evil is my ex-wife incarnate!!! 

[TheGoukaruma]

M.C: Escher was dutch, not swiss.

[egodrive]

zimbardo unraveled the psychology of morality - thank you

[NinetiesYouth]

Wonder what this guy's take on sociopaths is? And yes, they are born with the frontal lobe defect that makes them "evil".

[headybrew]

I resent the fact that TED removed the most graphic images. Stop trying to protect us from reality! I think that to this day the public doesn't really know what went on there. How can we prevent ourselves from doing this again if we are not aware of the full extent of what we are capable of as a species?

[darkness442003]

@MrRageQuitter Power your talking about is that power of conformity, to be clear following orders. Hitler was a powerful influence this shows humankinds weakness to be swayed by such a weak person. Another example of power of influence in Obama i never believed his speeches are nothing but hot hair i told everyone i did not trust him people called me evil no look at them now. This why good and evil are so unimportant to put stock in