I think that yes, the Stanford Prison Experiment was ethical. I think that it was worth acting out a prison with fake guards and fake prisoners because they got to see that what the people go through in prison is way more then anyone can expect or prepare for. The experiment was supposed to go on for two weeks just to see what would happen, and the fact that they were forced to shut down after only six days should be the number one sign that what goes on in prison as a guard or a prisoner is absolutely insane.
I thought there were a few things that were very interesting about this article, well for one I wouldn't have even thought to blind fold the prisoners as they were being walked to the bathroom so they couldn't plan their escape route or even know where they were. I also thought it was interesting that they could mess with the prisoners heads by switching up the beds and separating them so they were getting special treatment and then going and switching so the others were, so that way the guards could break any type of allegiance they had going on.
Overall I thought the entrie thing was interesting that after only six days the people forget how things really were and it was all an expriement, they really started to believe that they were really in prision.
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