The Stanford Experiment ethical or un-ethical, why and what was the purpose, what was learned and what did the Stanford Experiment contribute in the scientific community of studying human behavior? To understand and answer these questions one must start with the beginning, the very genesis of what is one of the most ground breaking experiments in my own perspective opinion. The Stanford Prison Experiment which was conducted in 1971 by psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his colleagues. This was a pioneer experiment which push the limits to the exploration to human behavior. One of his colleagues Philip Zimbardo was a former classmate of a Stanley Milgram, a psychologist from Yale University who was famously known for his obedience experiment
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Philip Zimbardo methods and intentions in preparing this experiment started out ethical but became un-ethical once he let the experiment run its course without his control or influence. This is why his experiment is widely revered to as an example of unethical research. But the purpose of Philip Zimbardo Stanford Experiment is just as important as it was back than as it is now.
I believe research as to what the effects of human behavior with power and those under imprisonment are important in understanding the human behavioral psyche. As human society evolves day in and day out. The building blocks all our greatest human accomplishments and our greatest human disasters start from the foundation of what makes one act or in act, what makes one individual choose a series of actions as supposed to another. I believe Phillip Zimbardo understood this truth of and why it was so important to have an experiment that challenge to uncover this truth. What was learned in Phillip Zimbardo Stanford Experiment was that human individuals placed in a positon of power are more likely to abuse their power than any other outcome. So would argue that to be false, that a conclusion could and should not …show more content…
As society grows and rules a politics become more and more powerful. It is important as a society for us to remember what makes humanity precious and how fragile our way of life is. Till this day and again 40 years after the Stanford experiment third world countries show proof of the primal devastation of what can occur to those who wield power and suppress others. If further research like the Stanford and experiment is not performed or looked into due to the code of ethical standard that governs it. Then the world as we know it will have no defense against a forgotten truth. The truth that though order and force is necessary in order to keep peace, boundaries, motives and standards need to be set in order for humanity to remain balanced. Now whether or not this truth will remains to be seen or realized, It is based upon those like phycologist Philip Zimbardo who study in the field and conduct experimental research that boarders and treads the line of what is ethically correct or wrong that will continuously uncover the truth about human behavior and society’s acceptance of this truth and its application to our state laws and legislation that govern our country and
Philip Zimbardo methods and intentions in preparing this experiment started out ethical but became un-ethical once he let the experiment run its course without his control or influence. This is why his experiment is widely revered to as an example of unethical research. But the purpose of Philip Zimbardo Stanford Experiment is just as important as it was back than as it is now.
I believe research as to what the effects of human behavior with power and those under imprisonment are important in understanding the human behavioral psyche. As human society evolves day in and day out. The building blocks all our greatest human accomplishments and our greatest human disasters start from the foundation of what makes one act or in act, what makes one individual choose a series of actions as supposed to another. I believe Phillip Zimbardo understood this truth of and why it was so important to have an experiment that challenge to uncover this truth. What was learned in Phillip Zimbardo Stanford Experiment was that human individuals placed in a positon of power are more likely to abuse their power than any other outcome. So would argue that to be false, that a conclusion could and should not …show more content…
As society grows and rules a politics become more and more powerful. It is important as a society for us to remember what makes humanity precious and how fragile our way of life is. Till this day and again 40 years after the Stanford experiment third world countries show proof of the primal devastation of what can occur to those who wield power and suppress others. If further research like the Stanford and experiment is not performed or looked into due to the code of ethical standard that governs it. Then the world as we know it will have no defense against a forgotten truth. The truth that though order and force is necessary in order to keep peace, boundaries, motives and standards need to be set in order for humanity to remain balanced. Now whether or not this truth will remains to be seen or realized, It is based upon those like phycologist Philip Zimbardo who study in the field and conduct experimental research that boarders and treads the line of what is ethically correct or wrong that will continuously uncover the truth about human behavior and society’s acceptance of this truth and its application to our state laws and legislation that govern our country and