Understanding Evil and Educating Heroes

Journal of Philosophy of Education 42 (1):185-196 (2008)
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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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10.1111/j.1467-9752.2008.00612.x

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