Reply #38: Interesting question [View All]

[Jcrowley]

regarding consequences which takes us right to Milgram's experiment.

I too can understand their hesitation just as I could've understood their horror and the deer looking into the headlights syndrome. So then what if the cops would've just kept going with the tasers? How far do you let that go? I think we can draw a fair conclusion based on Milgram's experiment that the students would've let it go all the way and what does that say about our society.

The perils of obedience.

My OP was not in any way blaming the students as some who have misinterpreted the OP believe but in asking the deeper questions and then considering how this relates to other issues. Why haven't we been actively attempting to stop the war in any meaningful way on a sustained basis e.g. when we all know mass murders are being committed in our name in an illegal and immoral war.