conclusion of Milgram

• CONCLUSION

  • Ordinary people are likely to follow orders given by an authority figure, even to the extent of killing an innocent human being.

  People tend to obey orders from other people if they recognize their authority as morally right and/or legally based. This response to legitimate authority is learned in a variety of situations, for example in the family, school, and workplace.
• 'Stark authority was pitted against the subjects' [participants'] strongest moral imperatives against hurting others, and, with the subjects' [participants'] ears ringing with the screams of the victims, authority won more often than not.'~ Milgram (1974)