Just Following Orders

This book explores how obedience to authority can lead to horrific acts like genocide, combining insights from social and cognitive neuroscience with real-life accounts from perpetrators. Emilie Caspar offers a clear and accessible explanation of how obedience influences human cognition and behavior, aiming to deepen understanding of this complex phenomenon. By examining the neuroscientific underpinnings, the book seeks to inform strategies to prevent such atrocities in the future.