Milgram's Obedience to Authority Experiment

Here is something to think about.

How many of you think that we are ultimately responsible for our own actions, regardless of how we are influenced by others or our environment, because we are the ones that ultimately made the decision to perform the act? What percentage of our law-abiding general public do you think, on average, could be persuaded to deliver a lethal, life-threatening electric shock to an innocent stranger? 1%, 5%?

Welcome to Milgram's obedience experiment. Shockingly, more than 60% of those that took part were persuaded to deliver electric shocks of increasing strength to a screaming stranger (in the name of a memory test), and even go as far as delivering the final fatal voltage, in which case the screaming subject went silent.

The screaming subject is fake, of course, but those that took part did not know this until the very end. Now, are those supposedly "murderers" guilty for their crimes? It is a shocking revelation into the "weakness" of human psychology. It is important to question incoming information, what we are being told, and be sure to keep our moral compass, be strong about our fundamental values, and give sensible judgment to what we do, regardless of what we are told or what our friends think.

Kids: Ignore that bully and think for yourself!

Channel 4 also did a similar recreation of this experiment on Derren Brown's show. You can find more of this show on 4oD.

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