The psychology of evil

Video https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil
What is the Lucifer effect? How does it relate to apples, barrels, and barrel makers?
Have you heard of Abu Ghraib prison before this video? Who do you think is responsible for the atrocities committed there?
Discuss the Stanley Milgram experiments on obedience. What factors do you think led people to shock the subject all the way up to 450 volts?
Discuss the seven social processes that grease the slippery slope of evil. Which do you think is most important? Why?
Zimbardo states that the antidote to evil is heroism, and we should be awakening the heroic imagination in people. Do you consider yourself a “hero-in-waiting”?