“Whoever has the power to label others as evil is automatically, or reflexively, the good person. Good people label bad people as evil. And once you do that, then it demonizes them. You don't negotiate with evil. You don't sit down at the table with the devil and say, "Okay, let's work this out." What you want to do is destroy evil. Every Catholic kid every night says, or should say, "Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil." And so you've got to go to God to help you deal with evil rather than your State Department or your negotiators.” PeopleWantShouldPersonsStatesHelpingKidsNightEvilDealsDevilOkayCatholicTablesWhat You WantTemptationLabelsDepartmentGood PeopleEvery NightGood PersonBad People Author:Philip Zimbardo
“If you want to change a person, you've got to change the situation.” IfsWantPersonsSituation Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I've always been curious about the psychology of the person behind the mask. When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to all kinds of antisocial behavior, as seen by the Ku Klux Klan.” KindPersonsBehindsPsychologyDoorsBehaviorAll KindsCuriousMaskAntisocialKu Klux KlanAntisocial Behavior Author:Philip Zimbardo
“The "Lucifer Effect" describes the point in time when an ordinary, normal person first crosses the boundary between good and evil to engage in an evil action. It represents a transformation of human character that is significant in its consequences. Such transformations are more likely to occur in novel settings, in "total situations," where social situational forces are sufficiently powerful to overwhelm, or set aside temporally, personal attributes of morality, compassion, or sense of justice and fair play.” FirstsHumansPersonsPlayCharacterActionEvilForceSocialJusticePowerfulCompassionSituationNovelEffectsMoralityNormalOrdinaryConsequenceFairsCrossesTransformationSignificantBoundariesSettingSettingsGood And EvilAttributesLuciferFair Play Author:Philip Zimbardo
“My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.” FirstsPersonsSchoolSocialPoorChildhoodCollegeGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolMy FamilyPreparedSouthPsychologistGhettoFirst PersonEarly ChildhoodBronxSicilianPoor Family Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I've always been curious about the psychology of the person behind the mask.” PersonsBehindsPsychologyCuriousMask Author:Philip Zimbardo
“Before I knew that a man could kill a man, because it happens all the time. Now I know that even the person with whom you've shared food, or whom you've slept, even he can kill you with no trouble. The closest neighbor can kill you with his teeth: that is what I have Learned since the genocide, and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of the world.” KnowsMenWorldPersonsHappensEyeFacesTroubleNeighborTeethGenocideClosestI Have Learned Author:Philip Zimbardo
“You are not the same person working alone as you are in a group; in a romantic setting versus an educational one; when you are with close friends or in an anonymous crowd; or when you are traveling abroad as when at home base.” PersonsHomeGroupsCrowdsEducationalSettingSettingsVersusClose FriendsHome BaseWorking Alone Author:Philip Zimbardo
