The bluntness and directness of
Zimbardo is a touch refreshing coming from reading Mills old fashioned style of
writing. Zimbardo brings me in through the picture which has the angels and
demons. The angels and demons being so close and intertwined made me think of
the thin line that separates good and evil. Even though the angels and demons
were black or white, their proximity led me to believe that the grey area
between angel and demons was the logical next step. Eventually the lines would
blur creating a blob of gray where the ambiguousness of good and evil is apparent.
While reading this chapter the
thought of detachment came to mind. When I say detachment I mean the thing that
removes people so far that they have no qualms of hurting another person. If
you promised someone 100 million dollars to kill someone would they do it? You
can either go and kill the person yourself or push a button that would do it
for you. If someone were to take this sinister deal, odds are they would push
the button. The thing that allows people to do such terrible things is by
removing themselves from the situation mentally. Yes technically you still
killed someone, however you didn’t get your own hands dirty. This allows the
person to do something evil while still being able to live with themselves.
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