zimbardo a prison simulation the ethics
A PRISON SIMULATION– THE ETHICS ETHICS – ‘acting in ways that are detrimental to animals and humans. ... All participants have the right to remain anonymous Many would argue that the Zimbardo prison simulation was unethical. However, many would also say that the experiment was a justified one and only by conducting the experiment to such extremes, would Zimbardo’s original hypothesis be proven correct or incorrect. ... Zimbardo himself thought that the experiment was unethical "because people suffered and others were allowed to inflict pain and humiliation on their fellows over an extended period of time. ... The matter was out of Zimbardo’s control when he became a part of the experiment himself. ... They were all brought together, and their prison roles were forgotten.