Philip Zimbardo
“Most of us drastically underestimate the power of the situation.”
“We need a psychology of everyday heroism.”
“Context counts: bad barrels can corrupt otherwise good apples.”
“We must learn how to resist unwanted social influence.”
“The Stanford Prison Experiment showed how quickly roles can transform behavior.”
“Heroes are ordinary people who do extraordinary moral deeds in defiance of situational pressures.”
“We can be seduced into evil by dehumanization, anonymity, and role-playing.”
“Situations exert powerful influences over human behavior.”
“Evil is the exercise of power to intentionally harm people in psychological or physical ways.”
“The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.”