Ebook: The Lucifer Effect : Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

What makes good people do bad things? Renowned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has an answer, and in The Lucifer Lffcct he explains how—and why—we are all susceptible to the hire of “the dark side." Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimhardo, the creator of tin* Stanford Prison Experiment, details how situational force's and group dynamics can work in concert to make' monsters out of ek'cent men and women. By illuminating the causes behind this disturbing metamorphosis, and by highlighting the* ways in which individuals can resist the* temptation to give' in to evil, Zimhardo enables us to better understand a variety of phenomena, from corporate' malfeasance' te> the' prisoner abuse* and torture' in Abu (diraib te> organized genocide. This is a book that fbives us to reexamine what we are* capable of eloing, individually anel colle'ctively. Like' Hannah Arenelt’s /*,’ichinaiiii in ./( ruxali in anel Steven Pinker's The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change' the* way we* vie'w human behavior.

"Penetrating . . . engrossing . . . Zimbardo challenges readers to look beyond glib denunciations of evil-doers and ponder our collective responsibility for the world’s ills." —Publishers Weekly

"The chapters on Abu Ghraib are the most compelling. . . . Zimbardo builds a persuasive case for why the prison had all the ingredients necessary to bring out the worst in humans." —Los Angeles Times Book Review

Recommended ... a well-written and important work." —Library Journal (starred review)

“Passionate and illuminating . . . [Zimbardo] accumulates massive evidence on behalf of his central claim, about the power of situational pressures." —The New Republic