The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip Zimbardo
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appears in Psychology, Psychology, and Science.
Renowned social psychologist and creator of the "Stanford Prison Experiment," Philip Zimbardo explores the mechanisms that make good people do bad things, how moral people can be seduced into acting immorally, and what this says about the line separating good from evil.The Lucifer Effect explains how?and the myriad reasons why?we are all susceptibl...
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appears in Psychology, Psychology, and Science.
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