Prisons/Absolutes/Opinions

Before watching the Stanford Prison Experiment, I didn't have any absolutes. I said that everything was circumstantial and while I still do mostly believe that, I also do believe there are some absolutes. There may be things that are completely wrong no matter what the circumstances, but I don't think they're any specific acts in particular. I think that if when you look at the situation, whatever was done was done purely out of spite, and evil, and hatred then that should result in more severe punishment. I don't believe that acts themselves should be punishable, I think that it's the motivations and hatred that you should judge people on. For example, if someone robs a bank because they cannot control theyre greed, that is even more wrong then someone robbing a grocery store because they have no other way of feeding themselves or their children. Acts themselves are not wrong, people are.