more on the Zimbardo video

[Jon Ford]

Michael-- "fakey" followed by a complex analogy to a TV show isn't a very 
convincing argument. More detail needs to be provided if we are to believe 
your assertions here!

Jon ford
critical thinking 101 instructor


>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@HotPOP.com>
>Reply-To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>Subject: more on the Zimbardo video
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:09:02 -0600
>
>I had another go at watching Quiet Rage which
>is the title of the video. It is about 20 minutes long
>(guessing through the casette window).
>
>It is as fakey as if you shot an episode of Cops
>using actors. Can't get more fakey than that.
>
>Is THAT what they teach in psychology courses?
>(I never took any)
>
>the subtext of all this is that ethics is situational
>rather than an act of will, at least in this world.
>
>whereas the rest of us are Kantian/Platonic
>idealists and hope we dont have the bad luck
>to be forced to dishonour ourselves in this
>life, right?

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