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Nov072011

Philip Zimbardo: How People Become Monsters ... or Heroes

About this Talk: 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.

About this Speaker: : Philip Zimbardo was the leader of the notorious 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment — and an expert witness at Abu Ghraib. His book The Lucifer Effect explores the nature of evil; now, in his new work, he studies the nature of heroism. Website—

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Working as an expert witness in Abu Ghraib must be one of the reasons why he knew a lot of things.

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