In his book, Glover argues that people have a tendency to speak of torture and cruelty as the most common types of inhumanity. The author condemns the manner in which individuals participate in inflicting dreadful torment to the ‘enemies’ in the war, claiming that enmity is unnecessary. In an experiment conducted by Zimbardo, students were subjected to playing character roles of guards and prisoners. Surprisingly, the psychologist had to halt the experiment since the guards treated the prisoners ruthlessly and harshly. The author claimed that human beings are delighted when pain is inflicted on others and he condemns this Continue reading...