Understanding Evil and Educating Heroes |
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| Authors: | AVI MINTZ |
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| Affiliation: | 525 West 120th Street, Box 204, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10027, USA.
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| Abstract: | Why do people do horrific things to one another? This article reviews two recent books that attempt to answer that question, Philip Zimbardo's The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil and Barbara Coloroso's Extraordinary Evil: A Brief History of Genocide. The author discusses the educational implications of these works and raises preliminary considerations for an education for heroism. |
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