“Inside each of us there is the seed of both good and evil. It’s a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” Is a quote from Eric Burdon that can describe a lot of events in history. Some examples would be the Abu Ghrabir prison abuse or the Stanford prison experiment and there are many more that can be described as evil. Evil can not only be relevant to historical events it can also pertain to everyday events like marriages or police stops. I believe everyone has the ability to be good but sometimes influences of evil can overtake peoples good will or faith. I believe it is up to the individual whether or not they let the forces of evil influence them. The illusion of prison can also be created
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They both were of a prison setting they both had guards abusing and torturing prisoners. In a New York Times article it stated that forty-four instances of Abu Grahib prisoners being abused. The soldiers were committing offenses in violation of international and U.S. law to include the Geneva Convention and The Uniform Code of Military Justice and also violated many Army values. The leaders were not there to supervise the interrogation process and failed to see the dynamics created. The leaders also failed to react appropriately to the mistreatment going on. In another article by the New York Times it said in a couple days the guards of the Stanford Prison experiment became swaggering and sadistic, to the extent that they had the “prisoners” put bags over their head and having them strip naked and encouraging sexual acts. Both of these instances bring up a question if there is a distance between “normal” and “monster” and also can anybody became evil or a torturer. Dr. Phillip G. Zimbardo said that the world was shocked by the images of Abu Grahib was terrible. He also said he had exact parallel images of prisoners in both events. He had to end the Stanford Prison Experiment more than a week early because the guards were being to overpowering. Zimbardo also said “It’s not that we put bad apples in a good barrel, we put good apples in a bad barrel. And the barrel corrupts …show more content…
Too name a couple there was the holocaust and the Milgram experiment. The Milgram experiment was a series of experiments where Psychologist Stanley Milgram where he told test subjects that they were taking part in a study about teaching punishment. The subjects were told directions by a researcher in a white lab coat to shock another student if they said the wrong answers. In the beginning the shocks were small shocks but they became stronger the more answers the subject got incorrect. The labels on the shock went all the way up to 450 volts. The test machine was really a fake machine, and the victims were actors who moaned and whined. But to the test subjects the experience seemed so real. Most were hesitant to shock the “victim”, about eighty percent of people continued to administer shocks after 150 volts, but surprisingly sixty-five percent of the subjects administered the highest shock marked by an “XXX”. The result of this experiment was a lot of people were willing to inflict pain on a complete stranger if there was an authority figure there instructing them to do so. Another historical event that this helps explain is the holocaust. The holocaust was the genocide of the Jewish people. It was led by Adolf Hitler. In 1941 the Germans began mass transports of Jews to Ghettos. They began the first of the mass gassings in 1942. They had five mass killing centers all throughout
They both were of a prison setting they both had guards abusing and torturing prisoners. In a New York Times article it stated that forty-four instances of Abu Grahib prisoners being abused. The soldiers were committing offenses in violation of international and U.S. law to include the Geneva Convention and The Uniform Code of Military Justice and also violated many Army values. The leaders were not there to supervise the interrogation process and failed to see the dynamics created. The leaders also failed to react appropriately to the mistreatment going on. In another article by the New York Times it said in a couple days the guards of the Stanford Prison experiment became swaggering and sadistic, to the extent that they had the “prisoners” put bags over their head and having them strip naked and encouraging sexual acts. Both of these instances bring up a question if there is a distance between “normal” and “monster” and also can anybody became evil or a torturer. Dr. Phillip G. Zimbardo said that the world was shocked by the images of Abu Grahib was terrible. He also said he had exact parallel images of prisoners in both events. He had to end the Stanford Prison Experiment more than a week early because the guards were being to overpowering. Zimbardo also said “It’s not that we put bad apples in a good barrel, we put good apples in a bad barrel. And the barrel corrupts …show more content…
Too name a couple there was the holocaust and the Milgram experiment. The Milgram experiment was a series of experiments where Psychologist Stanley Milgram where he told test subjects that they were taking part in a study about teaching punishment. The subjects were told directions by a researcher in a white lab coat to shock another student if they said the wrong answers. In the beginning the shocks were small shocks but they became stronger the more answers the subject got incorrect. The labels on the shock went all the way up to 450 volts. The test machine was really a fake machine, and the victims were actors who moaned and whined. But to the test subjects the experience seemed so real. Most were hesitant to shock the “victim”, about eighty percent of people continued to administer shocks after 150 volts, but surprisingly sixty-five percent of the subjects administered the highest shock marked by an “XXX”. The result of this experiment was a lot of people were willing to inflict pain on a complete stranger if there was an authority figure there instructing them to do so. Another historical event that this helps explain is the holocaust. The holocaust was the genocide of the Jewish people. It was led by Adolf Hitler. In 1941 the Germans began mass transports of Jews to Ghettos. They began the first of the mass gassings in 1942. They had five mass killing centers all throughout