advance reading

OBEDIENCE: MILGRAM'S CONTROVERSIAL STUDIES Mary M. Gergen and others 1 One of the most direct forms of social and, as a result, millions of people influence is the demand for obedience: were slaughtered. More recently, nine people follow orders because an hundred men, women, and children authority figure tells them to. In most died in a mass suicide in Guyana, The societies, obedience plays a critical leader of the community, James Jones, role in social control. We obey parents, gave the order for his followers to drink teachers, police, and other officials. a poisoned juice, and they did. Since many rules, laws, and commands In these two instances, we seem to 2 from authority have a positive value, be observing extreme cases of blind obedience isamajorfoundation of social obedience. Some might say that life and behavior. However, obedience instances of blind obedience, where the can go too far! Soldiers in Nazi Germany commands of authority contradict moral obeyed the orders of their superiors and human principles, are extremely