TED Talk: Philip Zimbardo knows Evil

Let's just be straightforward: a person can do great or horrible things, they can be good or bad, and, of course, they can be a monster or a hero.

Philip Zimbardo, the head of the 1971 Standford Prison Experiment, which was designed to test the boundaries of evil in the human mind. He knows plenty about evil, various experiments on the subject, and more.

Philip Zimbardo looks at and explains why people can become a monster rather than a hero, and just how easy this is to do, in this TED Talk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsFEV35tWsg

While watching this video, be sure to question yourself as to whether or not you could be considered evil. If you decide that you're on the hero side, take action and work harder to curb all other evils in the world!