Philip Zimbardo Quotes
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“The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.”
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“I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.”
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“Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.”
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“Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening and never intervene that perpetuates such abuse.”
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“Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.”
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“That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training.”
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“Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse.”
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“What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?”
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“At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia.”
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“Academic success depends on research and publications.”