Do You Think You Would Have Done It All the Way?

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The analogy to te is, right, do you think, what do you think you would have done in that situation? I mean, i know this is the whole point, as you can't, you can't answer that question with any comfort. But here's my answer, given my level of intelligence and education, without being a psychologist, and without being a social psychologist who has to think about this althe time, i'm pretty sure i would have done it like i he would have gone all the ra. And obviously, 65 % of the people went all the way, so i have no confidence that this is true. But if, but if i had to guess in a possible

After discussing some listener feedback about the movie Swingers, Tamler and David talk about two classic experiments in social psychology: the Milgram Experiments and the Zimbardo Prison experiment. They discuss the power of the situation, its influence on recent philosophy, and whether there is room given the evidence to believe in moral character and virtue. Also, Tamler admits to his former struggles with hard core street drugs, and Dave ponders which prison gang would be most accepting if he had to serve hard time.

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"Swingers," Directed by Jon Favreau [metacritic.com]

The Milgram Experiment [Wikipedia.org]

Video clip of a replication of the Milgram Experiment [youtube.com]

The Stanford Prison Experiment [Wikipedia.org]

Short video on Stanford Prison Experiment [youtube.com]

Asch Conformity Experiment [youtube.com]

Jon Doris "Lack of Character" [amazon.com]

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