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Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil

April 2, 2007

Philip Zimbardo writer, professor emeritus, Stanford University

Philip Zimbardo helps us understand what causes people who began life with good intentions, to discard them.

Philip Zimbardo is internationally recognized as the "voice and face of contemporary psychology" through his widely seen PBS-TV series, Discovering Psychology, his media appearances, best-selling trade books on shyness, and his classic research, The Stanford Prison Experiment.

Topics: Health & Science | Literature & Philosophy

Tags: Terrorism | torture | Military & Warfare | Philosophy | Psychology | Spirituality & Religion

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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

Author: Philip Zimbardo

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (2008)

Binding: Paperback, 576 pages

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