People can become evil by their surrounding environment. For example, putting a good person in a bad town that promotes smoking and drugs will tempt that person to do them as well. People who turn evil are the ones who have no choice of where to go but to become one of their influence. In Zimbardo's story, the guards turn evil because they work long hours without break. They need something "fun" to do, that's why they harrassed the prisoners. Also, they're low ranked so they have a superior feeling in an isolated environment where no one tells them what to do. I think that this is an outrage, people don't have the right to judge themselves so rightly and start harrassing other people because they are different.
Lucifer effect: good God became evil as he descends to Hell as Satan.
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Now how would apply this point of view to the Abu Ghraib situation and relate to Zimbardo's theory?
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