When we say humans are weak, what we mean is that they tend to do what they’re told to do, and tend to follow the roles and norms of their society and peer group. We’ll explore this by touching on two famous experiments: the Milgram electroshock experiment and the Stanford prison experimentRead the rest at Ian Welsh
Human Moral Weakness and its consequences
by Ian Welsh
4 comments:
Tom,
Thank you for posting this, and thanks to Ian Welsh for writing this. This is something tht should be read by everybody, and I mean everybody. and the lessons taken to heart.
Thanks once again
The German people were severely criticized for going along with Hitler, and many in positions of authority were executed or imprisoned for "just following orders."
Cuts both ways, too. Osama severely criticized the US population after voting W in for a second term as complicit in the "collateral damage" that the US was pursuing as an "unavoidable consequence" of military policy.
Tom,
Perhaps he should have thought about that before he put his operation together.... he's lucky he didnt get 10's of millions of "his people" killed.
Resp,
Also the Documentary on the Stanford Prison Experiment - Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment
Also, the Stanford Prison Experiment Website
Phil Zimbardo's website
and his new website - The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
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