Philip Zimbardo, 91, Whose Stanford Prison Experiment Studied Evil, Dies
Philip Zimbardo, 91, Whose Stanford Prison Experiment Studied Evil, Dies
www.nytimes.com Philip Zimbardo, 91, Whose Stanford Prison Experiment Studied Evil, Dies
His provocative research made him a popular figure on campus. But his exploration of how good people can turn evil raised ethical questions.
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Zimbardo is part of a generation of psychology that struggled with why modern European people did a Shoah. Or rather a generation that sought to confirm through experiment that the Germans were alright and it was really all Hitler's fault. Or at least a small number of evil Germans who caused the whole mess.
It's auspicious to bring this up now because just watching the news these days makes a fool of Zimbardo.
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