COLUMBUS, Ohio — You’re probably not as morally courageous as you think you are. Decades of psychology research have shown that most people will hurt others when an authority figure demands it. Yet a ...
In a replication of a famous psychology experiment, researchers found that people are just as likely to follow harmful orders ...
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During the first half of the 20th century, Europeans were subjected to extreme human brutality. Millions of people were killed in the first World War, millions of people were killed by communists ...
Humans are hard-wired to adjust to changing circumstances. And that’s why terrible changes can occur slowly without much protest. By Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein A new book by Eyal Press examines ...
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