Famous Milgram 'electric shocks' experiment drew wrong conclusions about evil, say psychologists. http://ind.pn/1uKwVXd
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@PhilosophyExp Yeah, these seem at least as interesting to me as the traditional "obedience to authority" interpretation. More so, in fact.
@owenphelps permission to stop giving the shocks; and they were seen to be very upset at what was happening, etc.
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@PhilosophyExp Hmm. But less famous runs of the experiment tried direct orders, and that didn't have the same effect. Needed the increments. -
@PhilosophyExp I mean just ordering them to give the large shocks from the start didn't work. Needed to start small and increase. -
@owenphelps Right. So maybe authority only has "purchase" once the subject is already involved in the unfolding situation... -
@PhilosophyExp Perhaps! Either way, all this makes me doubtful of the common reporting of the exps ("people obey orders just because").
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