The Social psychology of good and evil

Abstract

Miller, Introduction and Overview. Part I: Conceptual Perspectives on Good and Evil. Zimbardo, A Situationist Perspective on the Psychology of Evil: Understanding How Good People Are Transformed into Perpetrators. Staub, Basic Human Needs, Altruism, and Aggression. Baumeister, Vohs, Four Roots of Evil. Duntley, Buss, The Evolution of Evil. Part II: Harming Others: Contexts, Causes, and Implications. Fiske, What's in a Category? Responsibility, Intent, and the Avoidability of Bias against Outgroups. Dovidio, Gaertner, Nier, Kawakami, Hodson, Contemporary Racial Bias: When Good People Do Bad Things. Anderson, Carnagey, Violent Evil and the General Aggression Model. Miller, What Can the Milgram Obedience Experiments Tell Us about the Holocaust?: Generalizing from the Social Psychology Laboratory. Muehlenhard, Peterson, Conceptualizing Sexual Violence: Socially Acceptable Coercion and Other Controversies. Part III: The Self-Concept in Relation to Good and Evil Acts. Crocker, Lee, Park, The Pursuit of Self-Esteem: Implications for Good and Evil. DePaulo, The Many Faces of Lies. Tangney, Stuewig, A Moral-Emotional Perspective on Evil Persons and Evil Deeds. Part IV: The Possibilities for Kindness. Batson, Ahmad, Stocks, Benefits and Liabilities of Empathy-Induced Altruism. Eisenberg, Valiente, Champion, Empathy-Related Responding: Moral, Social, and Socialization Correlates. Wills, Resko, Social Support and Behavior toward Others: Some Paradoxes and Some Directions. Snyder, Omoto, Lindsay, Sacrificing Time and Effort for the Good of Others: The Benefits and Costs of Volunteerism. Aronson, Reducing Hostility and Building Compassion: Lessons from the Jigsaw Classroom.