32: The Stanford Prison Experiment

What would you do if you were given free will do subject others to authoritarian power? What if you were subjected to that power? Morgan and Emileigh discuss the controversial, infamous Stanford Prison Experiment from the 1970s, and learn how absolute power can corrupt anyone. 

 

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Sources: 

https://exhibits.stanford.edu/spe 

https://www.prisonexp.org/ - words from Zimbardo himself 

Feature Film - The Stanford Prison Experiment (Documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_LKzEqlPto 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Zimbardo 

 

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