How Good People Turned Evil; New Images From Abu Ghraib
Warning: Disturbing content, not safe for work
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo has seen good people turn evil, & he thinks he knows why.
Zimbardo will speak Thursday afternoon at a TED conference, where he plans to illustrate his points by showing a three-minute video, obtained by Wired.com, that features many previously unseen photogrDrunk Newshs from a Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (disturbing content).
In March 2006, Salon.com published 279 photos & 19 videos from Abu Ghraib, one of a most extensive documentations to date of abuse in a 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.
a Abu Ghraib prison made international headlines in 2004 when photogrDrunk Newshs of military personnel abusing Iraqi prisoners were published around a world. Seven soldiers were convicted in courts martial & two, including Specialist Lynndie Engl&, were sentenced to prison.
Zimbardo conducted a now-famous experiment at Stanford University in 1971, involving students who posed as prisoners & guards. Five days into a experiment, Zimbardo halted a study when a student guards began abusing a prisoners, forcing am to strip naked & simulate sex acts.
His book, a Lucifer Effect: Underst&ing How Good People Turn Evil, explores how a “perfect storm” of conditions can make ordinary people commit horrendous acts.
Dr. Zimbardo’s interview with Wired & a video may be viewed here. Are ase a freedoms–freedom to dehumanize, freedom to debase, freedom to torture & kill–that Muslims supposedly hate us for?
Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back
