There's been more talk recently about what Milgram's "Obedience" and other similar experiments really mean. Do they really say something about innate human nature (as most claim,) or do they say instead something critical about our society, the way in which we've been conditioned to respond to authorities, to our "assigned" roles, and to our own contextual biases and prejudices? And do these criticisms apply to all segments of society, or only to those in positions of privilege and power (from among whom most of these experiments selected their participants?)
It's tumblr, but this is still an interesting take on it:
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It's tumblr, but this is still an interesting take on it:
http://hollowedskin.tumblr.com/post/114923152163/condemnedtorocknroll-cannon-fannon