Summary Of The Lucifer Effect

Having read world renown Psychology Professor Emeritus Philip Zimbardo biography, watched videos of his lectures and beginning to read his award-winning book “The Lucifer Effect”. I feel that he shows bias towards society, the environment, and situation, he speaks about how people are not born evil or bad, that society, how a person up-brining or environment and the situation are to blame, although a person those bear some responsibility, Zimbardo makes it clear that it is not the individual fault.
In “The Lucifer Effect” Zimbardo speaks about how the Abu Ghraib Abuse and torture of prisoners were not the fault of the individual that was involved, but the situation role and environment they were in; he expresses his frustration with the decision on the trial. “As an expert witness
I worked at uncovering everything I could about this young man, from intensive interviews with him and conversations and correspondence with his family members to checking on his background in corrections and in the military, as well as with other military personnel who had served in that dungeon. I came to feel what it was like to walk in his boys on the Tier 1A night shift from 4 P.M. to 4 A.M. every single night for forty night without breaks.” (Preface IX). Zimbardo sympathizes with the MP and blames the work and environment for the torturing of prisoners, not the individuals. The point that Zimbardo is putting himself in the MP position, speaking about how stannous the job duties and conditions are and how it can cause significant stress on an individual shows his bias towards society, the environment, and situation. Zimbardo also speaks about his disappointment during the trial stating, “I was doubly frustrated and angry, first by the military’s unwillingness to accept any of the many mitigating circumstances I had detailed that had directly contributed to his abusive behavior and should have reduced his harsh prison sentence. The prosecutor