The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
Philip ZimbardoHeroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism.
Philip ZimbardoWhat happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?
Philip ZimbardoWe can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift that at times gets pushed into neutral. When that happens, morality is disengaged. If the car happens to be on an incline, car and driver move precipitously downhill. It is then the nature of the circumstances that determines outcomes, not the driver's skills or intentions.
Philip Zimbardo