Is evil banal?
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2007 (Volume) 13 (Number) 1
Classif
150 PSY
Subject
Psychology
Page
2 - 6
Authors
Reicher, Stephen
Contents
For 50 years, the consensus among psychologists, historians and philosophers has been that mindless obedience and conformity allow normal, decent people to perform acts of unspeakable horror. However, a body of recent work questions this received wisdom.
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