Although much of The Lucifer Effect examines how easy it is for ordinary people to be seduced into engaging in evil deeds, or to be passively indifferent to the suffering of others, the deeper message is a positive one. It is by understanding the how and why of such deeds that we are in a better position to uncover, oppose, defy, and triumph over them.
尽管《路西法效应》的大部分内容研究了普通人群会多么容易地被诱使去做邪恶的事情或者对他人所遭受的痛苦置若罔闻，但是它所带来的深层次的信息还是积极的。我们应该认识到当处于一个更佳的情境时我们怎样以及为什么去掩盖、反对、蔑视以及战胜这些邪恶的事情。通过变得更加“邪恶地聪明”，我们为阻止我们的道德指针拨向负的一面建起了一道墙。