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Using Social Psychology to teach heroism with Matthew Winkler

Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan

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Is It a Heroic Act?

Heroism is not about serving an ideology or a country, but getting people to put themselves in another person's shoes. If something was happening bad to me and the noes are saying, turn in your neighbors who are jews, am i going to do the heroic thing, risk my life? Possibly. But if the situation was reversed and the notes were coming after me, a catholic, would want my jewish neighbors to help me? Wellye, i mean, its, that's ly a case that that would match up with, you know, doing a heroic act er. You can be heroic this morning, and you can be a jerk this afternoon. And so, um

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