Drei Viertel der Durchschnittsbevölkerung können durch eine pseudo-wissenschaftliche Autorität dazu gebracht werden, in bedingungslosem Gehorsam einen ihnen völlig unbekannten, unschuldigen Menschen zu quälen, zu foltern, ja zu liquidieren. Dieses Ergebnis einer sorgfältig vorbereiteten und ko[...]

In a series of ingenious studies, social psychologist Stanley Milgram, examined the impact of modern society on the psychology of individuals. His most famous experiment saw participants commanded to administer painful electric shocks to supposed fellow volunteers and their compliance raised serious[...]

Volunteers are invited to a scientific laboratory under the pretense of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time a 'learner', strapped to an electric conductor, make[...]