From the film “Obedience: Research carried out at Yale University”‚ Volunteers were paid a small sum to participates that understood the experiment to be a study of memory and learning. In truth‚ Yale University’s psychologist Stanley Milgram wanted to study the willingness of subjects to obey an authority figure while this authority figure made the subjects perform acts that were in conflict with their moral conscience. The question guiding this experiment was asking to figure out to what extent
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wholeheartedly trusted God and God’s plans for his life‚ a special relationship that continues in present day Judaism. Abraham’s embodiment of the virtue of obedience was practiced in word and deed‚ being an example for other believers to be a hearer and doer of the Judaism faith. As seen in this story‚ piety to God leads to obedience. His obedience was his function of his piety‚ meaning Abraham was dutiful because he was devout and .faithful. This suggest that the Judaism faith has an element of causality
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Obedience to Authority: its Meaning‚ Uses‚ and Side Effects Obedience to authority is an aspect present in all societies throughout known history. For the entirety of this paper‚ obedience to authority will refer to any act a member of society performs that he or she was told to do by a position of higher authority. This paper will focus on the idea that members of society will follow commands that may go against their moral beliefs on the sole account that the commands come from a place of higher
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obedient to individuals‚ especially with authority is carved into a human being from the way they were raised. If the person with authority is recognized to be morally right‚ people tend to obey orders from they even more. In addition‚ having obedience for authority is great‚ however when it’s putting an individual life at risk‚ you should not obey the authority. In other words‚ if a person feel like the task their completing is hurting someone else‚
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“On the Duty of Civil Obedience” I do not accept the motto. –“That government is best which governs least.” Government is a completely necessary institution. Without it‚ nations would crumble‚ famine would flourish‚ and massacres would occur daily. Of course it would be nice if humans didn’t need government‚ if men’s moral compasses all pointed in the same (correct) general direction. But they do not. It is just a far-fetched fantasy of perfection‚ it is impractical. Which is why government is necessary
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Obedience to Authority To what extent can humans’ morality be corrupted by environment‚ or are all humans cruel by nature? If an authority figure told another person to jump off a bridge‚ our response would be to reject his command and tell him to jump‚ but what would happen if an authority told somebody to execute a worthless criminal for his wrongdoings by pushing him off a bridge? According to research conducted by psychologists like Solomon Asch‚ and Philip G. Zimbardo‚ under the right variation
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There were many factors that contributed to the obedience of the manager and other employees in the McDonalds case. The most evident factor was the voice that stated he was a police officer and had the restaurants manager on the other line stating that the employee stole from a customer. The assistant manager complied with the voice because she felt he was a legitimate authority figure. Summer engages in an authority role as an assistant manager but took on a role of being a law abiding citizen.
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Stanley Milgram is a famous psychologist who focused his studies on authority and peoples reaction and obedience to it. His famous experiment and it’s results were groundbreaking in psychology‚ surprising both psychologists and regular people alike. First I will discuss the reason for Milgrims study of obedience to authority. Then I will explain the experiment‚ its formulation‚ and its results. Finally I will cover the influence of the experiment on psychology and society. Stanley Milgrim was
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Obedience to destructive authority is a recurrent social issue in human history. And more than often‚ human beings do not need to hear the imperative sentence “ Thou Shalt Obey ” in order to comply with a destructive rule‚ a questionable decision‚ or with an odd order. All over the world‚ human beings seem to strive toward obedience to destructive authority. I could not help but connect this reasoning with real-life events such as the Holocaust‚ suicide bombings‚ and local events such as the case
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IB Psychology (HL) Krissy Gear Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience P. 3 July 1961‚ Yale University Psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to test peoples’ obedience to authority figures. He wanted to see how many people would comply or resist commands by (an idea of) an authority figure. Milgram’s experiment began with two men about twenty to fifty years in age. The participants volunteered through an advertisement and a promise of $4.50 for their
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