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Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View

Stanley Milgram

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Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View

In the 1960s Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram famously carried out a series of experiments that forever changed our perceptions of morality and free will. The subjects--or "teachers"--were instructed to administer electroshocks to a human "learner," with the shocks becoming progressively more powerful and painful. These experiments attempted to determine to what extent people will obey orders from authority figures regardless of consequences. "Obedience to Authority" is Milgram's fascinating and troubling chronicle of his classic study and a vivid and persuasive explanation of his conclusions.

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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Year
1974
Genre
Science & Technology
Topics
Psychology experimentsObedience and authorityHuman behavior and morality

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