Huffington Magazine Issue 40 | Page 30

Voices DR. PHILIP ZIMBARDO HUFFINGTON 03.17.13 PSYCHOLOGY COURTESY OF TED Evil Doers, It’s Not (All) Your Fault EVIL: HOW AND why do good people turn evil? VS. Good: How can ordinary people be inspired to act heroically? These two questions have been challenging me since I was a kid, and finally after many decades, I have discovered answers that I need to share with everyone who might care about these fundamental issues about Human Nature. Growing up in poverty in the inner city of the South Bronx, New York City, means that I, like all such kids similarly situated everywhere in the world, was surrounded by evil. There were and are Dr. Zimbardo speaking at the 2013 TED