Just Following Orders

Author Emilie A. Caspar
Narrator Julia Anthony
Publisher Tantor Media, Inc
Publish Date 12 September 2024
Run Time 9 hours and 50 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Cognition and cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Society and culture: general.

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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.

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