Just obeying orders?

S. Alexander Haslam; Stephen Reicher

doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(14)61766-8

Just obeying orders?

S. Alexander Haslam, Stephen Reicher

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

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Abstract

Ordinary people can commit atrocities simply by following orders, iconic experiments from the 1960s concluded. But this notion of the “banality of evil” is wrong, argue psychologists Alexander Haslam and Stephen Reicher

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-31
Number of pages	4
Journal	New Scientist
Volume	223
Issue number	2986
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(14)61766-8
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Beyond the 'banality of evil': Beyond the 'banality of evil': a new understanding of conformity and atrocity
Reicher, S. D. (PI)
Economic & Social Research Council
1/09/13 → 31/08/15
Project: Standard

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