1. MILGRAM EXPERIMENT BACKGROUND: https://vimeo.com/89396287
2. Milgram Experiment (Recreation): https://vimeo.com/89396290
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEOS LINKED ABOVE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. Would you go to maximum voltage? Why or why not?
2. Based on the results of the Milgram experiment, do you think that individuals who follow the instructions of an authority figure are morally responsible for the treatment of another person if the authority figure was giving instructions to harm the other individual? Why or why not?
3. Why do you think individuals follow the instructions of authority so closely, even if they are able to disobey? Why do you think the individuals in the study administered deadly shocks to the “learner” in the experiment, even though they knew that it was wrong?
4. In one of the videos of Milgram’s experiment, the individual delivering the shocks seems to want to leave the experiment, but continues on when the authority (person in the lab coat) tells them that they must continue the experiment. Why do you think they continue even though they had tried to stop before?