http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2007/04/26/hero-worship/<![CDATA[Comments on: Hero Worship]]>JonathanWordPress2007-04-27T14:45:50Zhttp://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2007/04/26/hero-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-2552007-04-27T14:45:50Z<![CDATA[Comment by: Kullervo]]>http://byzantium.wordpress.comI think one of the most fertile fields for atrocity is the mind that is certain that “I could never do something like that.” Psychology has shown us that normal people in the right circumstances will do horrible things. With gusto. When we see concentration camps, mass murders, and killing fields, the question should never be “how could they do such a thing,” but “how can we do such things?”
]]>http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2007/04/26/hero-worship/comment-page-1/#comment-2572007-04-27T14:56:55Z<![CDATA[Comment by: Jonathan Blake]]>http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/I was recently made aware of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo which is centered on that very topic. Zimbardo is the professor who conducted the famous prison experiment at Stanford.
I wish I could remember where I heard about the book so I could give credit. My memory is failing me in my not so old age.
