Philip Zimbardo called the behavior of his prison guards "situationally determined behavior" This then asks the questions, given systems of capitalism and competition within the society, is the way we behave, treat one another through self-motivated actions like betrayal, lying, and exploitation also then determined by "the situation."
Zimbardo was asked to testify at the court martial of the Abu Ghraib officers and soldiers charged with crimes.
Quiet rage [DVD]: the Stanford prison experiment
