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Stephaney Yue Professor Krut Writing 2 January 22, 2008
Larger Context Exercise 1. Misbehaving is another term for disobedience. In many cultures, children obey their parents to show respect and appreciation to their elders even if it meant disagreeing with their beliefs. There are some who do not tolerate such obedience, and those rebels are the participants who refused to continue with Milgram’s Experiment. Very much like the Experiment, most children abide by their parents ground rules because they are afraid of the possibilities of their consequence.
2. Higher authority does have a great impact on individuals because it is assumed that they have greater knowledge of the argument. For that reason, people do not voice their opinions. Higher authority may have an advantage towards others because of their positions. For example, employees fear speaking against their boss because their boss has the ability to terminate them.
3. Advertisements and the media influences society by using its marketing techniques and psychological persuasion. For example, colors of restaurants are tools to draw customers into restaurants and the smell of food in supermarkets sways shoppers to buy more groceries. Campaigns are organized to get the candidates noticed and to familiarize the public of their presence. These advertisements are used to persuade people to think a certain way to increase the chances of profiting their company or pursuing their goals. These techniques are becoming very common that the public is unknowingly being exposed to a mass amount of influence.
4. “Wake Up America!” by Frederick Mann. http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/wua4.shtml This website is an online copy of Frederick Mann’s book. Mann uses psychologists and various prehistoric authority figures to support the purpose of the book. Well known artists such as Erich Fromm and Stanley Milgram are examples of sources specified in this chapter.
1) I can relate to Lessing's theories and ideas just by living in a Western society. It appears to be typical for anyone and everyone to conform to the ideas or thoughts of others when they are the majority. Meaning if I strongly felt that the sky was blue but the majority of my classmates felt that the sky was purple, I would conform to their answer instead of sticking to my own. In my eyes it is evident that some people conform and go with the majority because they do not want to be an outsider and go against the norm. For example, I remember when there was time where I wanted to eat at a Sushi restuarant but the majority of my family wanted to have mexican food, so not only does majority rule but i did not want my family going to a place that I wanted to go and they did not. So instead I out what I wanted aside and thought well I can have sushi another time.
2)With Group Minds, when it came to my position at my job I went with the majority. I worked as a sales associate and being fairly new to the job I felt, well I should stick with my co-workers because they know more than I do about this job and it would be best to stick with a group instead of being an individual aka an outsider.
3)Just like it was discussed on class a couple of days ago, I think that Group Minds in a way corrupts politics. For example, in a caucas, It is harder for a person to stick by the person who they want to elect as president because, various people are cohersing them to come and vote for their candidate with various amounts of bribes. The thing about being in groups is that sometimes or the majority of the time you are forced to put your thoughts, ideas, morals and beliefs aside because all anyone ever wants to be is to feel accepted and you can not do that if you are going against what the group thinks.
4)Opinions and Social Pressure http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/terrace/w1001/readings/asch.pdf
1) Personally, it seems morally wrong to disobey my own parents, but given a circumstance where my parents pressured me into doing something that to me seemed immoral, it would be likely that I would still obey. Am I to be blamed or my parents? Who is responsible? These are the questions that Alan Strudler and Danielle Warren discuss in their essay that tries to define moral responsibility for wrongful conduct.
2) I obey my manager at the job I work at because I want to keep the job and avoid going through the constrains of looking for another. However, the hierarchy of authority changes in this circumstance because my manger does not have the same power or worthiness as my parents do, so I would disobey certain duties that personally would not coincide with my line of work at my job.
3) A good example that illustrates the theories described by these two writers would be during WWII when the United States bombed various parts of Japan, resulting in millions of deaths comprised of men, women, and children. Who is responsible for such atrocity? Is the United States the one to blame or do we blame Japan for its refusal to end its Communistic agenda and plan a full invasion into the United States? According to Strudler and Warren, the “authority heuristic” takes the blame because the U.S. was merely defending its people and interests which seemed like the most rational thing to do at such pressuring moments.
4) Sunstein, Cass R. Moral Heuristics. 2004 www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Sunstein-01102004/Referees/Sunstein.rev.pdf -
1. As I grew up in my memories there are times when I would search for people which, I could relate to I any possible way. As children we are always looking for people to be friends with, or people who accept you for having a common interest. However, as a topic may arise, and have some of them contradict each other in a choice of food, or decision of which skateboard is better, the person who is opposing the rest of the group will feel the pressure, and ultimately give into making the same decision as the other members.
2. In school this is always seen, as we are in constant disagreement on a certain answer, but when a vote is taken, and the majority is choosing the opposite which we believe is true, we also vote for that. Like Dorris explains in his piece, going against the decision or opinion of a majority is the toughest thing to do.
3. Like in the upcoming political happenings many who are not well informed, they will simply go and vote for the candidate who they see that the majority of the people are voting for. They will follow the crowd in fear of being seen going against them. If argument sparks up, they will quickly have their mind changed so that they will not be the only one voting for that candidate.
4. GROUP MINDS: http://www.wildideas.net/temple/library/groupmind.html
1) Ever since elementary school children form their circle of friends. People follow what others say just to make sure they fit in that group. From my own personal experience, I don’t like to be alone: being around my friends makes me feel that I belong. In some cases this might of caused me to do things I would have never done if it weren’t for my peers. My gut instinct might have told me that it was wrong but peer pressure would succeed. For example, my friends always wanted to stay after school and just hang out. My parents would not let, therefore they all would tell me to lie and tell my parents I had to stay for academic reasons. Honestly, I did concede to the majority and did as they told me or else they would get upset. Sometimes stating what you believe makes people believe they are outsiders and feel rejected. This rejection causes people to assimilate to the rules and acts of a particular group to be a participant of that social group.
2) In school it is not very difficult to speak your mind, it is insisted that you do so. Sometimes it just becomes difficult to trust what you believe when most of the classmates believe otherwise. As for me, I begin to doubt my initial thoughts and lean towards what other people say agreeing and not speaking out for what I believe. Its ironic how one might know we are right about something, but follow the majority towards the incorrect answer, situation, position, etc.
3) People get easily influence by the majority in politics. Presidential elections can be an example. Many people don’t get in depth with the candidates and follow what others say. Consequently, when that candidate wins and they are not satisfied with that person’s action they blame the rest of the people. Usually this happens in families, when one person is not very interested in politics they follow other relatives perspectives and vote just to vote.
4)http://www.wildideas.net/temple/library/groupmind.html it explains a different view of group minds.
Majority rules and there is no doubt about this statement. In Opinions and Social Pressure, written by Solomon E. Asch, we clearly see how his investigations shows us that majority indeed rules. Asch describes how sometimes individuals tend to not express their opinions because they are scared the majority might go against them, and therefore it will introduce them in an embarrassing situation. Students who do not participate in class, in particular, have a tendency of answering questions regardless of what their peers think because for them, the majority is always right. Is this true? Not always, but most of the times, us as the students, in order to feel comfortable with our classmates and prevent any fight, tend to answer as the one behind on our side, just because is part of the majority.
Asch’s theories described in his article could also be implied at job situations. When people start a new job and he or she is assigned to a position with certain restrictions, the obvious thing that this person must do is follow the guidelines given. Sometime this does not happen. In the following situation, for example, the majority of the workers who have the same position, have what we know as “shortcuts” to do the assignment. These shortcuts are illegal, yet the job is done quicker and is still the same. But those steps that you took are the ones given to you, so should this person do whatever is supposed to do or follow the majority and still get the job done, illegally? Situations like these makes us undecided in what to do because there are advantages and disadvantages, yet as long as we feel good with our conscious we will keep on doing it.
Politics is all about majority. When we vote, we tend to know about the candidates before doing such action. In some cases, our only source of information comes from our families and communities. We tend to believe that they are right in choosing that candidate because for us, they are the majority, not knowing that there are other millions of people across the country. Therefore, when our candidate looses, we complaint and start saying things that we are not supposed to say. Once we see that the majority is established and that there is no other way around than to just follow it, then we change our minds and say, “Well, I guess they are right,” and we loose our sense of minority to follow the majority,
This article is named Social Psychology and talks about the social pressure put by people around us: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/articles/psychology/psychology_9.shtml
1. The writer Doris lessing "Group Minds", expresses how many living in the west may think very liberal and individualism, but in reality many give into the pressures of the general atmosphere. The authors point is very real in our society we see it in schools jobs and families. Many of friends seem to give in to group pressure. just not to be considered an outkast or being allone. 2. lessing ideas connect to the position of a job because of how it is conducted. if a job is not done in a certain way and you think of a better faster way, your job could be jeppordized. No one would really speak up in my job when our boss was giving us wrong directions. Everyone wa afraid to contradict our boss. 3. the government is a subject that most of the people dont talk about or get too involved. Therefore, they look up to other people that do get involved in politics and follow their opinion because they dont know better or have any knowledge of what is right or wrong. 4. http://www.wildideas.net/temple/library/groupmind.html
1.In high school we all had our groups of friends, and when the majority said we should try to get out of school everyone went. Even when some people didn’t want to leave school they would still do it just because they didn’t want to be alone or be considered an outsider. Also, how people don’t speak their mind when most of the people around them believe different. 2. An experience i had at work relates to his theory. For example, when two or more people stoped working to just sit around and talk, other people started to join them and the person that would think it was a bad idea would still join them because he/she wouldnt want to be an outsider. I even joined them because i thought if they are not working why should i. 3. Since people follow the crowd they tend to follow the people that are most popular or listen to their peers and do what they are told by them. For example, at school i have noticed that if a person that doesnt have enough research on a candidate and try to debate against another person voting for another candidate they end up changing their mind. Also, when told by many people that they are wrong they also change their way of thinking or at least say they now agree with everyone else. 4. http://www.smith.edu/ourhealthourfutures/socialpress2.html
1. In the essay “Group Minds” by Doris Lessing, she states that it is human nature to conform to a group. We may think that we are individuals when actually we are only happy as a group. She goes on to say that in group environment humans tend to be obedient to the groups views. I agree with Lessing’s observations. I myself like to think that I think for myself but I know that I dislike being alone. I like to please people which contribute to Lessing’s point about humans being obedient to group views. 2. Having a job or going to school is like being a part of a large group. Everyone in society thinks that the way to succeed is to go to school and then get a job. This is a common group view that nobody ever questions. Also while working at a job you take orders from a boss and you have to fallow them if you want to keep the job. The same goes for school you have to do the work assign to you or else you will fail. In school there are also times when group work is to be done. I know that in a group if one person has a different opinion group pressure will change that opinion. 3. In politics we are always in a group. Now a day, you are either a republican or a democrat. Those are the two major political parties. The republicans are said to be on the right and the democrats are on the left. When really the democrats and republicans are in the middle of the political spectrum. People are normally only given this narrow view of what is accepted in politics. You never see a candidate from the green party or a socialist party in a debate. We are trained as a group to see politics just a democrat and republican. 4. http://www.livescience.com/health/070221_friends_memory.html
Ever Romeo Rincon Professor Krut Writing 2 22 January 2008 1. Erich Fromm talks about obedience and disobedience and gives some history about them. Even though I am not religious some of his theories about how life started with an act of disobedience and will end with an act of obedience actually seem credible. There is a rapper called Immortal Technique and he says in one of his songs “a general will decide when their life is over.” This relates to the army and how the soldiers have to listen to higher authority. There are many country’s with nuclear power and with a simple push of a button, man can commit suicide and vanish. 2. His ideas make it possible for me to think about my position in school. I cannot just simply obey and do everything my teacher tells me to do. The professors instructions sometimes need to be taken further. One cannot only obey. Also, students cannot just disobey. There needs to be time when even though it seems right to disobey, one needs to obey. There needs to be a balance. 3. A few years ago, the United States Army performed some disturbing actions overseas. Soldiers were ordered to video tape and photograph distressing actions they were told to do. This was seen all over the world. The soldiers had to obey the higher authority and they were therefore looked at as the “bad guys.” 4. http://www.leaderu.com
1. The Milgram experiment connects to my personal relationship with my parents, for the most part. There are certain things that I would not do if my parents told me to, but 9 out 10 times I would listen to what they would have to say and decide for myself if that is the right decision. 2. The experiment also connects to the relationship that I have with my employers. If they ask me to do something that is my in my job description I will carry out their order. The exception is if they were to order me to do something that is against my morals I would not. 3. I see the results of the Milgram experiment played out in every day events. One big example of this is the war in Iraq. The soldiers who have fought and are still fighting in Iraq are given orders by their commanding officers to kill the enemy. The soldiers may not have a personal hatred for the enemy, but if they aren’t the ones killing then they will be killed. 4. This link talks if the Milgram experiment in relation to Nazi death camps http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/conscience.html
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Stephaney Yue
Professor Krut
Writing 2
January 22, 2008
Larger Context Exercise
1. Misbehaving is another term for disobedience. In many cultures, children obey their parents to show respect and appreciation to their elders even if it meant disagreeing with their beliefs. There are some who do not tolerate such obedience, and those rebels are the participants who refused to continue with Milgram’s Experiment. Very much like the Experiment, most children abide by their parents ground rules because they are afraid of the possibilities of their consequence.
2. Higher authority does have a great impact on individuals because it is assumed that they have greater knowledge of the argument. For that reason, people do not voice their opinions. Higher authority may have an advantage towards others because of their positions. For example, employees fear speaking against their boss because their boss has the ability to terminate them.
3. Advertisements and the media influences society by using its marketing techniques and psychological persuasion. For example, colors of restaurants are tools to draw customers into restaurants and the smell of food in supermarkets sways shoppers to buy more groceries. Campaigns are organized to get the candidates noticed and to familiarize the public of their presence. These advertisements are used to persuade people to think a certain way to increase the chances of profiting their company or pursuing their goals. These techniques are becoming very common that the public is unknowingly being exposed to a mass amount of influence.
4. “Wake Up America!” by Frederick Mann. http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/wua4.shtml
This website is an online copy of Frederick Mann’s book. Mann uses psychologists and various prehistoric authority figures to support the purpose of the book. Well known artists such as Erich Fromm and Stanley Milgram are examples of sources specified in this chapter.
Group Minds by Doris Lessing
1) I can relate to Lessing's theories and ideas just by living in a Western society. It appears to be typical for anyone and everyone to conform to the ideas or thoughts of others when they are the majority. Meaning if I strongly felt that the sky was blue but the majority of my classmates felt that the sky was purple, I would conform to their answer instead of sticking to my own. In my eyes it is evident that some people conform and go with the majority because they do not want to be an outsider and go against the norm. For example, I remember when there was time where I wanted to eat at a Sushi restuarant but the majority of my family wanted to have mexican food, so not only does majority rule but i did not want my family going to a place that I wanted to go and they did not. So instead I out what I wanted aside and thought well I can have sushi another time.
2)With Group Minds, when it came to my position at my job I went with the majority. I worked as a sales associate and being fairly new to the job I felt, well I should stick with my co-workers because they know more than I do about this job and it would be best to stick with a group instead of being an individual aka an outsider.
3)Just like it was discussed on class a couple of days ago, I think that Group Minds in a way corrupts politics. For example, in a caucas, It is harder for a person to stick by the person who they want to elect as president because, various people are cohersing them to come and vote for their candidate with various amounts of bribes. The thing about being in groups is that sometimes or the majority of the time you are forced to put your thoughts, ideas, morals and beliefs aside because all anyone ever wants to be is to feel accepted and you can not do that if you are going against what the group thinks.
4)Opinions and Social Pressure
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/terrace/w1001/readings/asch.pdf
Authority and Excuses
1) Personally, it seems morally wrong to disobey my own parents, but given a circumstance where my parents pressured me into doing something that to me seemed immoral, it would be likely that I would still obey. Am I to be blamed or my parents? Who is responsible? These are the questions that Alan Strudler and Danielle Warren discuss in their essay that tries to define moral responsibility for wrongful conduct.
2) I obey my manager at the job I work at because I want to keep the job and avoid going through the constrains of looking for another. However, the hierarchy of authority changes in this circumstance because my manger does not have the same power or worthiness as my parents do, so I would disobey certain duties that personally would not coincide with my line of work at my job.
3) A good example that illustrates the theories described by these two writers would be during WWII when the United States bombed various parts of Japan, resulting in millions of deaths comprised of men, women, and children. Who is responsible for such atrocity? Is the United States the one to blame or do we blame Japan for its refusal to end its Communistic agenda and plan a full invasion into the United States? According to Strudler and Warren, the “authority heuristic” takes the blame because the U.S. was merely defending its people and interests which seemed like the most rational thing to do at such pressuring moments.
4) Sunstein, Cass R. Moral Heuristics. 2004
www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Sunstein-01102004/Referees/Sunstein.rev.pdf -
Jose C
1. As I grew up in my memories there are times when I would search for people which, I could relate to I any possible way. As children we are always looking for people to be friends with, or people who accept you for having a common interest. However, as a topic may arise, and have some of them contradict each other in a choice of food, or decision of which skateboard is better, the person who is opposing the rest of the group will feel the pressure, and ultimately give into making the same decision as the other members.
2. In school this is always seen, as we are in constant disagreement on a certain answer, but when a vote is taken, and the majority is choosing the opposite which we believe is true, we also vote for that. Like Dorris explains in his piece, going against the decision or opinion of a majority is the toughest thing to do.
3. Like in the upcoming political happenings many who are not well informed, they will simply go and vote for the candidate who they see that the majority of the people are voting for. They will follow the crowd in fear of being seen going against them. If argument sparks up, they will quickly have their mind changed so that they will not be the only one voting for that candidate.
4. GROUP MINDS: http://www.wildideas.net/temple/library/groupmind.html
Group Minds
1) Ever since elementary school children form their circle of friends. People follow what others say just to make sure they fit in that group. From my own personal experience, I don’t like to be alone: being around my friends makes me feel that I belong. In some cases this might of caused me to do things I would have never done if it weren’t for my peers. My gut instinct might have told me that it was wrong but peer pressure would succeed. For example, my friends always wanted to stay after school and just hang out. My parents would not let, therefore they all would tell me to lie and tell my parents I had to stay for academic reasons. Honestly, I did concede to the majority and did as they told me or else they would get upset. Sometimes stating what you believe makes people believe they are outsiders and feel rejected. This rejection causes people to assimilate to the rules and acts of a particular group to be a participant of that social group.
2) In school it is not very difficult to speak your mind, it is insisted that you do so. Sometimes it just becomes difficult to trust what you believe when most of the classmates believe otherwise. As for me, I begin to doubt my initial thoughts and lean towards what other people say agreeing and not speaking out for what I believe. Its ironic how one might know we are right about something, but follow the majority towards the incorrect answer, situation, position, etc.
3) People get easily influence by the majority in politics. Presidential elections can be an example. Many people don’t get in depth with the candidates and follow what others say. Consequently, when that candidate wins and they are not satisfied with that person’s action they blame the rest of the people. Usually this happens in families, when one person is not very interested in politics they follow other relatives perspectives and vote just to vote.
4)http://www.wildideas.net/temple/library/groupmind.html
it explains a different view of group minds.
Majority rules and there is no doubt about this statement. In Opinions and Social Pressure, written by Solomon E. Asch, we clearly see how his investigations shows us that majority indeed rules. Asch describes how sometimes individuals tend to not express their opinions because they are scared the majority might go against them, and therefore it will introduce them in an embarrassing situation. Students who do not participate in class, in particular, have a tendency of answering questions regardless of what their peers think because for them, the majority is always right. Is this true? Not always, but most of the times, us as the students, in order to feel comfortable with our classmates and prevent any fight, tend to answer as the one behind on our side, just because is part of the majority.
Asch’s theories described in his article could also be implied at job situations. When people start a new job and he or she is assigned to a position with certain restrictions, the obvious thing that this person must do is follow the guidelines given. Sometime this does not happen. In the following situation, for example, the majority of the workers who have the same position, have what we know as “shortcuts” to do the assignment. These shortcuts are illegal, yet the job is done quicker and is still the same. But those steps that you took are the ones given to you, so should this person do whatever is supposed to do or follow the majority and still get the job done, illegally? Situations like these makes us undecided in what to do because there are advantages and disadvantages, yet as long as we feel good with our conscious we will keep on doing it.
Politics is all about majority. When we vote, we tend to know about the candidates before doing such action. In some cases, our only source of information comes from our families and communities. We tend to believe that they are right in choosing that candidate because for us, they are the majority, not knowing that there are other millions of people across the country. Therefore, when our candidate looses, we complaint and start saying things that we are not supposed to say. Once we see that the majority is established and that there is no other way around than to just follow it, then we change our minds and say, “Well, I guess they are right,” and we loose our sense of minority to follow the majority,
This article is named Social Psychology and talks about the social pressure put by people around us:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/articles/psychology/psychology_9.shtml
1. The writer Doris lessing "Group Minds", expresses how many living in the west may think very liberal and individualism, but in reality many give into the pressures of the general atmosphere. The authors point is very real in our society we see it in schools jobs and families. Many of friends seem to give in to group pressure. just not to be considered an outkast or being allone.
2. lessing ideas connect to the position of a job because of how it is conducted. if a job is not done in a certain way and you think of a better faster way, your job could be jeppordized. No one would really speak up in my job when our boss was giving us wrong directions. Everyone wa afraid to contradict our boss.
3. the government is a subject that most of the people dont talk about or get too involved. Therefore, they look up to other people that do get involved in politics and follow their opinion because they dont know better or have any knowledge of what is right or wrong.
4.
http://www.wildideas.net/temple/library/groupmind.html
1.In high school we all had our groups of friends, and when the majority said we should try to get out of school everyone went. Even when some people didn’t want to leave school they would still do it just because they didn’t want to be alone or be considered an outsider. Also, how people don’t speak their mind when most of the people around them believe different.
2. An experience i had at work relates to his theory. For example, when two or more people stoped working to just sit around and talk, other people started to join them and the person that would think it was a bad idea would still join them because he/she wouldnt want to be an outsider. I even joined them because i thought if they are not working why should i.
3. Since people follow the crowd they tend to follow the people that are most popular or listen to their peers and do what they are told by them. For example, at school i have noticed that if a person that doesnt have enough research on a candidate and try to debate against another person voting for another candidate they end up changing their mind. Also, when told by many people that they are wrong they also change their way of thinking or at least say they now agree with everyone else.
4.
http://www.smith.edu/ourhealthourfutures/socialpress2.html
1. In the essay “Group Minds” by Doris Lessing, she states that it is human nature to conform to a group. We may think that we are individuals when actually we are only happy as a group. She goes on to say that in group environment humans tend to be obedient to the groups views. I agree with Lessing’s observations. I myself like to think that I think for myself but I know that I dislike being alone. I like to please people which contribute to Lessing’s point about humans being obedient to group views.
2. Having a job or going to school is like being a part of a large group. Everyone in society thinks that the way to succeed is to go to school and then get a job. This is a common group view that nobody ever questions. Also while working at a job you take orders from a boss and you have to fallow them if you want to keep the job. The same goes for school you have to do the work assign to you or else you will fail. In school there are also times when group work is to be done. I know that in a group if one person has a different opinion group pressure will change that opinion.
3. In politics we are always in a group. Now a day, you are either a republican or a democrat. Those are the two major political parties. The republicans are said to be on the right and the democrats are on the left. When really the democrats and republicans are in the middle of the political spectrum. People are normally only given this narrow view of what is accepted in politics. You never see a candidate from the green party or a socialist party in a debate. We are trained as a group to see politics just a democrat and republican.
4. http://www.livescience.com/health/070221_friends_memory.html
Ever Romeo Rincon
Professor Krut
Writing 2
22 January 2008
1. Erich Fromm talks about obedience and disobedience and gives some history about them. Even though I am not religious some of his theories about how life started with an act of disobedience and will end with an act of obedience actually seem credible. There is a rapper called Immortal Technique and he says in one of his songs “a general will decide when their life is over.” This relates to the army and how the soldiers have to listen to higher authority. There are many country’s with nuclear power and with a simple push of a button, man can commit suicide and vanish.
2. His ideas make it possible for me to think about my position in school. I cannot just simply obey and do everything my teacher tells me to do. The professors instructions sometimes need to be taken further. One cannot only obey. Also, students cannot just disobey. There needs to be time when even though it seems right to disobey, one needs to obey. There needs to be a balance.
3. A few years ago, the United States Army performed some disturbing actions overseas. Soldiers were ordered to video tape and photograph distressing actions they were told to do. This was seen all over the world. The soldiers had to obey the higher authority and they were therefore looked at as the “bad guys.”
4. http://www.leaderu.com
1. The Milgram experiment connects to my personal relationship with my parents, for the most part. There are certain things that I would not do if my parents told me to, but 9 out 10 times I would listen to what they would have to say and decide for myself if that is the right decision.
2. The experiment also connects to the relationship that I have with my employers. If they ask me to do something that is my in my job description I will carry out their order. The exception is if they were to order me to do something that is against my morals I would not.
3. I see the results of the Milgram experiment played out in every day events. One big example of this is the war in Iraq. The soldiers who have fought and are still fighting in Iraq are given orders by their commanding officers to kill the enemy. The soldiers may not have a personal hatred for the enemy, but if they aren’t the ones killing then they will be killed.
4. This link talks if the Milgram experiment in relation to Nazi death camps http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/conscience.html
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