Who we are

• DEHUMANIZATION (Guards)
  • Excluding others from the moral order.
• DEINDIVIDUATION (Guards)
  • Feeling little personal responsibility in anonymous situations where external social restraints are weak.
• PASSIVITY IN THE FACE OF THREATS (Guards & Prisoners)
  • Fear of retribution by the "in-group."

In the above, we see three sources of violence along avenues paved by Adorno and Milgram, codified by Zimbardo and then built upon by Altemeyer, Stout, and Dean, and finally and essentially confirmed by Jessica Stern's courageous field work interviewing terrorists at large. Reversing these three tendencies provides three avenues toward peace.

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