Philip Zimbardo was the leader of the notorious 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment — and an expert witness at Abu Ghraib
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo has seen good people turn evil, and he thinks he knows why. Phillip will use this 3 minute video to illustrate his points that feature many previously unseen and disturbing photographs from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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In March 2006, Salon.com published 279 photos and 19 videos from Abu Ghraib, one of the most extensive documentations to date of abuse in the notorious prison. Zimbardo claims, however, that many images in his video — which he obtained while serving as an expert witness for an Abu Ghraib defendant — have never before been published.
The Abu Ghraib prison made international headlines in 2004 when photographs of military personnel abusing Iraqi prisoners were published around the world. Seven soldiers were convicted in courts martial and two, including Specialist Lynndie England, were sentenced to prison.
Zimbardo conducted a now-famous experiment at Stanford University in 1971, involving students who posed as prisoners and guards. Five days into the experiment, Zimbardo halted the study when the student guards began abusing the prisoners, forcing them to strip naked and simulate sex acts.
His book, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, explores how a “perfect storm” of conditions can make ordinary people commit horrendous acts.
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Very interesting. One contention – Lucifer was not God’s favorite angel, nor was he ever considered the morning star. I do not believe, personally, all people, given a certain set of circumstances, would do evil. Why? By believing there is always a choice even if only there are only two choices.
Very interesting. One contention – Lucifer was not God’s favorite angel, nor was he ever considered the morning star. I do not believe, personally, all people, given a certain set of circumstances, would do evil. Why? By believing there is always a choice even if only there are only two choices.
Very interesting. One contention – Lucifer was not God’s favorite angel, nor was he ever considered the morning star. I do not believe, personally, all people, given a certain set of circumstances, would do evil. Why? By believing there is always a choice even if only there are only two choices.
[..YouTube..] Very interesting. One contention – Lucifer was not God’s favorite angel, nor was he ever considered the morning star. I do not believe, personally, all people, given a certain set of circumstances, would do evil. Why? By believing there is always a choice even if only there are only two choices.
[..YouTube..] Very interesting. One contention – Lucifer was not God’s favorite angel, nor was he ever considered the morning star. I do not believe, personally, all people, given a certain set of circumstances, would do evil. Why? By believing there is always a choice even if only there are only two choices.
[..YouTube..] Very interesting. One contention – Lucifer was not God’s favorite angel, nor was he ever considered the morning star. I do not believe, personally, all people, given a certain set of circumstances, would do evil. Why? By believing there is always a choice even if only there are only two choices.
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
evil can also be defined as the absence of good
[..YouTube..] evil can also be defined as the absence of good
[..YouTube..] evil can also be defined as the absence of good
[..YouTube..] evil can also be defined as the absence of good
man he brings up great points
man he brings up great points
man he brings up great points
man he brings up great points
man he brings up great points
man he brings up great points
[..YouTube..] Swiss artist M.C. Escher? He’s from the Netherlands!
[..YouTube..] @silverblue73 Hehe, the problem with defining evil is that people have been trying to do just that since the Reformation; we’re still waiting on that one:-)
I agree with you but I think the word that you use should be degeneration rather than destruction; destruction (to me anyway) has connotations of intentfulness to it rather than simple decay.
[..YouTube..] I stopped some bloke from jumping off a bridge.
It was in broad daylight. I couldn’t believe how many ppl had already drove past him, with nobody pulling over. Even the person i was with didnt want to know. I wouldnt say im a good person, but it just felt natural to go and stop him. Lot of selfish ppl in the world
[..YouTube..] Thank you.
[..YouTube..] he married her the next year… hahah nice!
[..YouTube..] @xtynct didn’t you get the point of this talk any can be
[..YouTube..] @silverblue73 Just watch the integral presentation of Zimbardo for the Harvard Law School. He take an hour and an half to describe all this in details. If you see nothing horrific in all this, maybe violence is something too much banalized in your life. If so; I would recomment you to seek professional help for your own sake. Human Rights should be respected by those who have the power, so the responsability, to apply them.
[..YouTube..] @fl0wjobb meh, the system can only go so far, it’s still up to the individual. it’s just, by the numbers, most individuals will do x.
[..YouTube..] @Wisdombluetooth which is why you’re on youtube :D
[..YouTube..] he needs to define evil. if evil is destruction, isn’t destruction a prerequisite for regeneration?
[..YouTube..] i saw nothing “horrific”, just humans being humans. and those pictures are of course represented out of context. by context i mean, no one knows what those people, the one’s taking and posing in the pictures, have gone through, are thinking, or intended to represent in the pictures.
[..YouTube..] the people who complain about these “atrocities” aren’t living in the real world, but the world created by those who do commit such acts in the name of the lifestyle those people live.
[..YouTube..] why is he bringing god into this at all?? because he can’t start to talk about “good vs evil” without religion? what is “good”, what is “evil”? is evil merely what goes against our biological imperative? what would lead our species to destruction? or is it what doesn’t “fee” right, such feelings being based on social constructs, handed down through generations?
[..YouTube..] This guy still doesn’t get it! Zimbardo is a self-centered tool. he still hasn’t learned from his so called experiment. And marrying someone more than your age is weird and gross. old man’s perverted acts are ridiculous.
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[..YouTube..] I saw the demons first. FYI I’m not evil.
[..YouTube..] Im a heroa :-P I have always been!! i ve never been a sheep and never been pressured by norm or social validation and I love the world not just my country
[..YouTube..] One of the best TedTalks I have EVER seen
[..YouTube..] As he said: The system makes them evil. If you want to know why, google for “Political Ponerology”. Maybe you will find the answer for all that evil things around us.
[..YouTube..] PSYCHOLOGISTS are AWESOME.
[..YouTube..] ALL EVIL STARTS WITH 15 WOLTS :D
[..YouTube..] @b255490 There isn’t a whole lot of difference.
[..YouTube..] funny
i only saw demonss in the picture
does that mean that im evil???
[..YouTube..] Jim Jones did not convince a lot of those people to commit suicide, a lot of them were forced, including the children.
[..YouTube..] MC escher isnt swiss, hes dutch…..DOH