Cards (11)

  • Adolf Eichmann
    Charged with Nazi death camps, claimed he was under orders
  • Milgram
    Suggested people do not take responsibility in agentic state
  • Agent
    Acts for/in place of another person, experiences moral strain
  • Agentic state

    State where people feel no responsibility for their actions because they believe they're under a authority figure
  • Autonomous state

    State where people are free to behave according to their own principles
  • Agentic shift
    Shift from autonomous to agentic state due to perception of authority
  • Binding factors

    Ignoring or minimising aspects of situation to reduce moral strain
  • Legitimacy of Binding Factors
    Societal acceptance of authority to maintain social order
  • Legitimacy of authority
    Acceptance of authority figures in hierarchical societies
  • Consequence of legitimacy of authority
    Some people are granted the power to punish others
  • Destructive power

    Demonstrated in Milgram's study on obedience and real life examples: Hitler and Stalin