Second Thoughts
Ep. 51 — Why Do People Follow Bad Orders: The Psychology of Obedience, Conformity & Moral Courage
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What turns ordinary, decent people into willing participants in evil? It's not monsters or sociopaths, it's you, me, and the neighbor next door.
In this episode, Dr. Roger Hall unpacks decades of psychological research to answer one of the most uncomfortable questions in human history: Why do good people follow bad orders?
From Adolf Eichmann's chilling "I was just doing my job" defense, to…