Comments on: Why people turn evil, from Stanford to Abu Ghraib. http://dylan.tweney.com/2008/02/27/why-people-turn-evil-from-stanford-to-abu-ghraib/ If you're bored, you're not paying attention Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:50:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Martin Welchhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2008/02/27/why-people-turn-evil-from-stanford-to-abu-ghraib/comment-page-1/#comment-8631 Martin Welch Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:46:05 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2008/02/27/why-people-turn-evil-from-stanford-to-abu-ghraib/#comment-8631 People turned evil maybe because of some social influence. People are not born evil, it's their choice either to do good or bad (in my own thoughts)! People turned evil maybe because of some social influence. People are not born evil, it’s their choice either to do good or bad (in my own thoughts)!

]]> By: Dylanhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2008/02/27/why-people-turn-evil-from-stanford-to-abu-ghraib/comment-page-1/#comment-8624 Dylan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:13:34 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2008/02/27/why-people-turn-evil-from-stanford-to-abu-ghraib/#comment-8624 Matt, thanks for the comment. I really like the idea of your "hero workshop" and your blog is pretty inspiring too. Good to know that people are working on making these ideas of Zimbardo's more concrete. Matt, thanks for the comment. I really like the idea of your “hero workshop” and your blog is pretty inspiring too. Good to know that people are working on making these ideas of Zimbardo’s more concrete.

]]> By: Matt Langdonhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2008/02/27/why-people-turn-evil-from-stanford-to-abu-ghraib/comment-page-1/#comment-8608 Matt Langdon Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:32:56 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2008/02/27/why-people-turn-evil-from-stanford-to-abu-ghraib/#comment-8608 I have been working with Phil on the "solution" you speak about. We're promoting heroism as the antidote to the banality of heroism.I'm running a program I designed in schools to get the kids early. Now, in conjunction with Phil and Zeno Franco I'm working on a year-round curriculum.Evil gets the headlines, but hopefully heroism can trump it sometime soon. I have been working with Phil on the “solution” you speak about. We’re promoting heroism as the antidote to the banality of heroism.

I’m running a program I designed in schools to get the kids early. Now, in conjunction with Phil and Zeno Franco I’m working on a year-round curriculum.

Evil gets the headlines, but hopefully heroism can trump it sometime soon.

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