In his book, the lucifer effect, psychologist phillip zimbardo suggests that the abuses at the abu ghraib prison were the result of a bad social setting that contaminated the individual prison guard. what would kant say about the difficulty of ethical conduct in the face of situation pressure to be unethical?

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Makhi Day

18 April, 20:00

In his book, the lucifer effect, psychologist phillip zimbardo suggests that the abuses at the abu ghraib prison were the result of a bad social setting that contaminated the individual prison guard. what would kant say about the difficulty of ethical conduct in the face of situation pressure to be unethical?

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Antwan Roth · Answer 1

The answer is " Ethical people endure, despite the situation, since they follow specific rules."

The Lucifer Effect brings up a basic issue about the idea of human instinct: How is it feasible for customary, normal, even great individuals to wind up culprits of malice? In endeavoring to comprehend strange, or distorted conduct, we frequently blunder in concentrating only on the internal determinants of qualities, identity, and character, as we likewise have a tendency to overlook what might be the basic impetus for conduct change in the outer Situation or in the System that makes and keeps up such circumstances.