Just Following Orders
Hardcover NA pages English Mar 05, 2024
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How can obedience and carrying out orders lead to horrific acts such as the Holocaust or the genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia, or Bosnia? For the most part, it is a mystery why obeying instructions from an authority can convince people to kill other human beings, sometimes without hesitation and with incredible cruelty. Combining social and cognitive neuroscience with real-life accounts from genocide perpetrators, this book sheds light on the process through which obedience influences cognition and behavior. Emilie Caspar, a leading expert in the field, translates this neuroscientific approach into a clear, uncomplicated explanation, even for those with no background in psychology or neuroscience. By better understanding humanity's propensity for direct orders to short-circuit our own independent decision-making, we can edge closer to effective prevention processes.
- Author:
- Mark Waid, Jeremy Haun, Ed Brisson
- Publisher:
- DC Comics
- Publication Date:
- Mar 05, 2024
- Number of pages:
- NA pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1779525680
- ISBN-13:
- 9781779525680