Is There a Moral Character Difference Between Cam Andell?

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In strong situations, for sure, you can overwhelm someone's in the individual differences. And i think it does a service to to what it means to have a moral character and be good and bad. You know, nosy germany might be just an example of the fucking efficiency of people,. The brutal efficiency of somebody to do that kind of thing. It doesn't mean that there aren't these, there aren't good, goodli li like in france... Can i end with a joke? That's a more optimistic way to end than we usually am.

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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