Milgram experiment replicated, we’re still a sorry bunch
Monday, December 29th, 2008
Editorial Observer: Four Decades After Milgram, We’re Still Willing to Inflict Pain
I posted about this famous experiment I was in before: Milgram Revisited. This new research is rather depressing: even after all political movement away from a culture of people who simply follow orders, we’re still a people who follow orders if the person giving them is an authority.
I wonder what it is about human nature that pushes us to this?