Stanford Prison Experiments By George Zimbardo

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Humans contribute to the cause by making excuses for their behavior justifying their horrors. I agree that I hold the limited experience to witness true compassion and genuine horror of the world at the age of twenty. But by participating in these acts it does not make us better than the “enemy.” I would simply fall in line. The real difficulty would be remaining an ethical individual in a corrupt circumstance. In the context of warfare, several individuals enlisted under this false notion of glorification but the war brought violence instructed it to be inflicted on the enemy that reflected their emotions but felt it was their duty to strive on. It is simply to be manipulated to violence; becoming dehumanized and even rejoicing in the chaos. …show more content…

But also shows a capability for change into adulthood. But brains are sensitive to stress equals less development causing less adaptivity and resulting in more stress. There is an interplay of nature and nurture. Because our brains are capable of change we need to take responsibility for our actions and need to take responsibility for our rehabilitation. We need to change the mindset, a false notion that human nature cannot change. The Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo happened in 1973. It displayed how trivial emotion and behavior are; Zimbardo intended to show that the situation rather than disposition factors caused negative behavior and thought patterns by conducting a prison simulation with regular individuals to play the role of guard or prisoner. The power imbalance would contribute to decision-making when their behavior isn't reprimanded or even rewarded. The participants volunteered to receive extra credit when viewing an advert in the newspaper. The volunteers were judged to be emotionally stable and physically healthy without any history of mental illness including minimum conduct with the …show more content…

The overt form of his own reasoning is prudential and consequentialist, not principle or deontological” (Benner, 2009, p. 289). The free order allows individuals to feel content and given motivation to push back against policies that are provided if it goes against their own beliefs. Their duty relies on justice; providing peace to others along with punishing the wrongdoers for the harm they cause. The strength that their position provided, the government's power will support their action whether it is moral or immoral. There is no definite answer; the criminal system's purpose for punishment is to repay their crimes and deter the activity from harming society. The contrasting perspective of the victim who had to endure the horrors possibly lost their lives due to selfish reasons. You want to bring justice to the wrongdoers, but there are several aspects to determine the right