May 11, 2007
The 1970s and Today, in Academic Research and in War
To the Editor:
As Philip G. Zimbardo reports, many studies — including his Stanford prison experiment and the classic Milgram obedience experiment — have shown that pressure from authorities, peers, and degrading situations often lead normally good persons to behave inhumanely ("Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment: a Lesson in the Power of Situation," The Chronicle Review, March 30). The cruelty of young Americans at My Lai, in Vietnam, and at Abu Ghraib, in
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