# Philip Zimbardo shows how people become monsters ... or heroes

Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it is to be a hero, and how we can rise to the challenge.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- Runtime: 23 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Crime, War, Education, Children's
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/PhilZimbardo_2008)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/PhilZimbardo_2008?play=1)