Comparative Critique on Obedience from Szegedy-Maszak and Milgram
In Marianne Szegedy-Maszak's article The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism, explains how psychologically these American soldiers could commit such vial acts. She then explores the possibilities pertaining to the situation and conditions these solders were withstanding. Szegedy-Maszak then delves into psychologist Herbert Kelman's three necessary traits to convict torture: authorization, routinization, and dehumanization (Maszak 76). Stanley Milgram has tested such theories in his 1963 experiment on obedience, which he reported in his article The Perils of Obedience. Milgram divulges the "dilemmas" of obedience to authority in his experiment by using; an experimenter - himself, a teacher - "normal" everyday people, and the learner - an actor unknown to the teacher. He then concisely describes two dissimilar sessions and presents his shocking results before concluding that people will view themselves as an …show more content…
Jeffery A. Simpson analyzes Milgram's study and interprets his findings: everyone contains evil within them its just waiting for the right circumstances to present itself (Simpson). Theodore Newcomb, a psychologist, agrees in a different light; he studied the behavior of children from their parents. Newcomb suggests if you grow up in a liberal household you will produce a liberal life when you have grown (Psychlopedia). Szegedy-Maszak presents the problems these solders faced and how this affected their behavior towards the prisoners; stating the fears the solders faced of being completely outnumbered, and stuck in the prison themselves with no available R&R to escape the anxieties of war (Maszak 76). Milgram tested his theory many times to try and eliminate any lurking variables in his experiment and test out the situational variables that seemed to present
In Marianne Szegedy-Maszak's article The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism, explains how psychologically these American soldiers could commit such vial acts. She then explores the possibilities pertaining to the situation and conditions these solders were withstanding. Szegedy-Maszak then delves into psychologist Herbert Kelman's three necessary traits to convict torture: authorization, routinization, and dehumanization (Maszak 76). Stanley Milgram has tested such theories in his 1963 experiment on obedience, which he reported in his article The Perils of Obedience. Milgram divulges the "dilemmas" of obedience to authority in his experiment by using; an experimenter - himself, a teacher - "normal" everyday people, and the learner - an actor unknown to the teacher. He then concisely describes two dissimilar sessions and presents his shocking results before concluding that people will view themselves as an …show more content…
Jeffery A. Simpson analyzes Milgram's study and interprets his findings: everyone contains evil within them its just waiting for the right circumstances to present itself (Simpson). Theodore Newcomb, a psychologist, agrees in a different light; he studied the behavior of children from their parents. Newcomb suggests if you grow up in a liberal household you will produce a liberal life when you have grown (Psychlopedia). Szegedy-Maszak presents the problems these solders faced and how this affected their behavior towards the prisoners; stating the fears the solders faced of being completely outnumbered, and stuck in the prison themselves with no available R&R to escape the anxieties of war (Maszak 76). Milgram tested his theory many times to try and eliminate any lurking variables in his experiment and test out the situational variables that seemed to present