Comments on: Milgram, Rape & Silence

By: Daylight Atheism > The 39th Humanist Symposium

Daylight Atheism > The 39th Humanist Symposium — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:38:59 +0000

[...] Fridman of a Nadder! writes about the famous Milgram experiment as it relates to rape. By acknowledging that every person has a potential to act violently, and [...]

By: The ReBrook Gambit -- a Nadder!

The ReBrook Gambit -- a Nadder! — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:53:57 +0000

[...] But the most telling aspect is in the line I bolded. As Peter Singer argues in The Expanding Circle, moral progress is about bringing more and more beings into the ingroup — since we can commit atrocities against the outgroup so easily. [...]

By: Racism From the Inside -- a Nadder!

Racism From the Inside -- a Nadder! — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:41:04 +0000

[...] Probably most people believe they’re simply incapable of violence. In reality, it’s very easy for most to be driven to violence. This gap between our self-perception and reality is dangerous. If you think you can never be [...]

By: The Problem of Innateness -- a Nadder!

The Problem of Innateness -- a Nadder! — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:05:34 +0000

[...] the ability to torture [...]

By: Against Vigilantism -- a Nadder!

Against Vigilantism -- a Nadder! — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:14:40 +0000

[...] A government department may have terrible bureaucracy. But a vigilante group is more likely to rely on the personal charisma of its leaders. Would these leaders not be prone to the same cognitive biases that the rest of us — just more so with unchecked power and no public oversight or procedure for complaints? Can we really trust them to just magically stop engaging in (say) racial profiling, if that’s where their biases go? Especially given what we know people to be capable of… [...]

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:50:24 +0000

Great post. Nothing to add – just great post.