Professor Blackmon,
Those are two very good questions! In the 1960’s there were many unanswered questions in the field sociology, which was still growing into what it has become today. The curiosity of Stanley Milgram led to some questionable decisions in the name of research that provided some very intriguing results regarding authority and obedience. In a world constantly in fear of a third world war and mass atrocities are still being carried out at the hands of dangerous dictators, over fifty years ago Milgram tried to help prevent such a future with a better understanding of his research. His experiment needed to be conducted and shared with the world, but it hasn’t stopped such mindless evil acts from occurring in the future.
The research
Those are two very good questions! In the 1960’s there were many unanswered questions in the field sociology, which was still growing into what it has become today. The curiosity of Stanley Milgram led to some questionable decisions in the name of research that provided some very intriguing results regarding authority and obedience. In a world constantly in fear of a third world war and mass atrocities are still being carried out at the hands of dangerous dictators, over fifty years ago Milgram tried to help prevent such a future with a better understanding of his research. His experiment needed to be conducted and shared with the world, but it hasn’t stopped such mindless evil acts from occurring in the future.
The research