Is There a Responsibility for This at the Top?

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He takes it for everybody that's not at the top, right? He might blame the gurings and the hitlers and the himlers of notsy germany. The thought that anybody could do this is really disturbing. I just recently submitted the final version a chapter that i'm writing with roy balmeister on comic book villains. And thereis something, and it's really funny when you read, especially these, like silver age comics were where like the the x men, like their enemies are the brotherhood of evil mutants likeik.

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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