The classic work of the Stanley Milgram on the ‘Obedience to Authority’
years ago which has been validated again
even today is an amazing eye opener on the behaviour of normal people in the
situational context.
As presented in the experiment, it’s hard to believe when
people knowingly give the dangerous electric shocks to the other person on the
command of an authority figure. Some of the reason which subjects ’Teacher’
gave to justify the action in the experiment where
- They trusted the Authority figure to understand what is being done is correct although they are able to hear the cries of the subject being given shock.
- They assign the result of their actions to the experimenter and won’t take the ownership of their actions. For them they did as was told to them by the experimenter.
A lot of times this obedience to authority has manifested
into dangerous actions taken by the common man on behest of the authority
figure
Where have you seen people making decision against their
will based on the command of the Authority?
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