"Philosophical tradition holds that character traits are global; if you possess a particular character trait, you will perform trait-related behavior across the broad range of situations. In Situational Traits of Character: Dispositional Foundations and Implications for Moral Ps…
In Situational Traits of Character, Candace L. Upton rejects the traditional philosophical view that character traits are global and argues that the contents of our characters are situational. This situational nature is supported by both normative considerations and metaphysics …
Good -- or at least ordinary -- people can be brought to do bad things. Moral people can be seduced to act immorally. How this happens has been the life-study of Philip Zimbardo, creator of the famous Stanford Prison Experiment and follow-up studies. In this book he explains the…