In "The Perils of Obedience," Stanley Milgram conducted a study that tests the conflict between obedience to authority and one's own conscience. What he found that through fear and threats anyone could commit a crime and what he believed that authority plays a huge role in our lives. However, Cave believes that people should be able to learn what is right and wrong from around them. I believe that Milgram’s study helps us better understand rules. First, in 1963 Milgram wanted to know whether Germans were particularly obedient to authority figures as this was a common explanation for the Nazi killings in World War II. So, he conducted a test to see if it was true. The test was to attach electrodes to their arm and ask them questions regarding
