To Oppress or not to Oppress: What Makes Good People go Bad
Oppression is defined as prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority. We propose to study the conditions under which one group will oppress another. To do so, we systematically vary factors related to group identity, environment and incentives to deepen our understanding of the factors underlying and supporting the oppression of one group by another. Our proposed design studies the role of entitlement, leadership, and punishment in encouraging one group to drain resources from another group. We further propose to investigate how oppressive behavior effects generalized and group specific trust.
Date:
4 March 2020, 14:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Hilary 2020)
Venue:
Clay Room
Speaker:
Noah Bacine (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Nuffield College
Organisers:
Noah Bacine (University of Oxford),
Professor Raymond Duch (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
noah.bacine@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
CESS Colloquium Series
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Noah Bacine
