[Waking Times]: In 1962, in a now infamous experiment shown in the video above, Yale
University psychologist Stanley Milgram tested the limits of human
obedience to authority. The study administrator instructed the study
subjects — the “teachers” — to give electric shocks to a student.The “student” was actually an actor, but the study subjects were unaware of this, and complied with the demands to shock him whenever he gave an incorrect response to a question. Even as the student moaned, begged for the shocks to stop and ultimately stopped responding, the subjects obeyed the authority figure in the room and issued painful electric shocks.
The subjects were clearly uncomfortable with the task at times, but still continued, showing that people may carry out heinous acts when ordered to do so by authorities because they feel less responsible for the behavior in this capacity.
With
societal norms rapidly changing, and an increasingly authoritative
environment emerging, it raises the question of whether or not the
public will continue to blindly obey criminal authoritarians, no matter
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