Author: Philip Zimbardo

Quotes

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.

- Philip Zimbardo

What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?

What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?

- Philip Zimbardo

The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.

The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.

- Philip Zimbardo

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

- Philip Zimbardo

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