1. Lucifer / Lucifer Effect

2. Abu Ghraib prison

3. Milgram Experiment

4. Stanford Prison Experiment

5. Power without oversight = prescription for abuse

6. All evil starts with 15 volts… Initially, it’s not felt

7. - More likely to kill, torture, mutilate
The power of anonymity
- More likely to kill, torture, mutilate

8. Who’s to blame? Bad apples (disposition) Bad barrels (situation)
Bad barrel makers (system)

9. 7 Social Processes to Evil:
Mindlessly taking the first small step
Dehumanizing others
De-individualize self (anonymity)
Diffusion of personal responsibility
Blind obedience of authority
Uncritical conformity to group norms
Passive tolerance of evil through indifference

10. Heros Traditional hero: Societal (Gandhi, MLK, Nelson Mandela, etc.)
Children’s hero: Fantasy (Superman, Spiderman, etc.)
Everyday hero: must be a deviant  Everyday people doing heroic things: the man by the train… (Sociocentric vs Egocentric)