Summary Documentary: Engineering Evil: Inside the
Holocaust
THE PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENT
Who was it performed by? - ANSWERS-Zimbardo
How was the victims' humanity taken away from them? And that of the guards? -
ANSWERS--had number tags
-had sunglasses
How did the guards deal with the prisoners after an attempted rebellion? - ANSWERS--
stripped them naked
-put them in solitary confinement
-sprayed CO2 into the cell
-now the guards felt some true power
How could they ensure no more rebellion? - ANSWERS-by crushing their spirit
What kind of evil was rampant here? - ANSWERS-situationally created evil
So what was the lesson learned? - ANSWERS--situations can easily corrupt even the
best of us
-the human mind has infinite capacity to make us heroes or villains
-we are all equally capable of great good
JEFFREY DAHMER'S BAPTISM
What did the priest Radcliff wonder about Dahmer's intention? - ANSWERS-is this
something he really wants, or just something to make him feel better?
-he believed that the baptism was the triumph of good over evil in his case
CONGO GENOCIDE
What did the captain of the army state? - ANSWERS-'we wait for the orders from our
higher echelon. If the order is there, we are going to obey'
THE NEUROLOGICAL ASPECT
What is the understanding of evil, neurologcally? - ANSWERS-evil resides in the part of
the mind that recognizes good and bad
Where was there increased activity? - ANSWERS-in areas of emotional and social
cognition
Holocaust
THE PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENT
Who was it performed by? - ANSWERS-Zimbardo
How was the victims' humanity taken away from them? And that of the guards? -
ANSWERS--had number tags
-had sunglasses
How did the guards deal with the prisoners after an attempted rebellion? - ANSWERS--
stripped them naked
-put them in solitary confinement
-sprayed CO2 into the cell
-now the guards felt some true power
How could they ensure no more rebellion? - ANSWERS-by crushing their spirit
What kind of evil was rampant here? - ANSWERS-situationally created evil
So what was the lesson learned? - ANSWERS--situations can easily corrupt even the
best of us
-the human mind has infinite capacity to make us heroes or villains
-we are all equally capable of great good
JEFFREY DAHMER'S BAPTISM
What did the priest Radcliff wonder about Dahmer's intention? - ANSWERS-is this
something he really wants, or just something to make him feel better?
-he believed that the baptism was the triumph of good over evil in his case
CONGO GENOCIDE
What did the captain of the army state? - ANSWERS-'we wait for the orders from our
higher echelon. If the order is there, we are going to obey'
THE NEUROLOGICAL ASPECT
What is the understanding of evil, neurologcally? - ANSWERS-evil resides in the part of
the mind that recognizes good and bad
Where was there increased activity? - ANSWERS-in areas of emotional and social
cognition
