Every human has morals and ethics they developed as they grow up, but when these are tested we are put in a situation where at times those morals and ethics are left behind. A lot of times a good person will act unconsciously and this will make them seem as if they were a bad person.
Milgram’s study reveals how far ordinary people are willing to obey orders given by an authoritative figure even if it involves hurting another human being. In the study, he conducted he randomly selected people to participate in his experiment. He then assigned a teacher and a student, in which the teacher was purposely assigned that role in order to conduct the experiment. As for the student, he was a person who was aware of the experiment and was assigned this …show more content…
In Milgram’s experiment participants continued to give the shocks to the student even after the student begged the teacher to stop. In some occasions, the teacher stopped for a few moments but continued when the man in the white coat told them to proceede. In a particular moment, the last teacher (one with white shirt and color collar) continued to give the student the shock but not before being reassured that in case that something happened to the student he would not be responsible for it. The authoritative figure assured him that he would be the only one held responsible for if the student suffered some kind of injury. Bandura explains how humans can act cruelly if an authoritative figure “accepts responsibility for the effects of their conduct” (Bandura, 2002, 106). The participant was, in fact, the one shocking the student, but he excused his actions because the legitimate figure was going to be the one held responsible for if anything happened to the student, he simply obeyed orders. Bandura also, mentions that whenever the victim is placed in another room and the punisher cannot see him it facilitates the punisher to harm him, he indicates as long as the “suffering is not visible” (Bandura, 2002, pg. 108) then the person will do the harm. In Milgram’s study, this was a factor that played a role in the obedience of the teacher, because the student was placed in another room where the teacher could not see him but only hear
Milgram’s study reveals how far ordinary people are willing to obey orders given by an authoritative figure even if it involves hurting another human being. In the study, he conducted he randomly selected people to participate in his experiment. He then assigned a teacher and a student, in which the teacher was purposely assigned that role in order to conduct the experiment. As for the student, he was a person who was aware of the experiment and was assigned this …show more content…
In Milgram’s experiment participants continued to give the shocks to the student even after the student begged the teacher to stop. In some occasions, the teacher stopped for a few moments but continued when the man in the white coat told them to proceede. In a particular moment, the last teacher (one with white shirt and color collar) continued to give the student the shock but not before being reassured that in case that something happened to the student he would not be responsible for it. The authoritative figure assured him that he would be the only one held responsible for if the student suffered some kind of injury. Bandura explains how humans can act cruelly if an authoritative figure “accepts responsibility for the effects of their conduct” (Bandura, 2002, 106). The participant was, in fact, the one shocking the student, but he excused his actions because the legitimate figure was going to be the one held responsible for if anything happened to the student, he simply obeyed orders. Bandura also, mentions that whenever the victim is placed in another room and the punisher cannot see him it facilitates the punisher to harm him, he indicates as long as the “suffering is not visible” (Bandura, 2002, pg. 108) then the person will do the harm. In Milgram’s study, this was a factor that played a role in the obedience of the teacher, because the student was placed in another room where the teacher could not see him but only hear