213. What Is Evil?
No Stupid Questions29 Sep 2024

213. What Is Evil?

What makes normal people do terrible things? Are there really bad apples — or just bad barrels? And how should you deal with a nefarious next-door neighbor?

  • SOURCES:
    • Jonathan Haidt, professor of ethical leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business.
    • Christina Maslach, professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.
    • Stanley Milgram, 20th century professor of psychology at Yale University.
    • Edward R. Murrow, 20th century American broadcast journalist and war correspondent.
    • Alexander Pope, 17-18th century English poet.
    • Adrian Raine, professor of criminology, psychiatry, and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
    • Oskar Schindler, 20th century German businessman.
    • Philip Zimbardo, professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford University.


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