Summary:
This article discussed Stanley Milgram's experiments on obedience. He had one person sit in an electric chair, and another person was to administer shocks if the other answered incorrectly. The shocks were a fake, and Milgram just wanted to see who would go through with the shocks. He found that 65% would administer the shocks. The author also interviews one man, Joshua, who was defiant, and another, "Jacob," who was obedient and gay. The obedient person found this helped him change his life and realize something was wrong with his moral direction. Milgram's studies have been continually mocked as not truly measuring anything, being in a false environment, and being morally wrong.
Discussion:
I absolutely loved this reading again. These psychological experiments are very fascinating to me. I can't believe that so few were defiant. I didn't think some of the author's imagery was needed, although it can make this subject easier to read at times. The homosexual sex descriptions were completely unnecessary.
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