description: In the 1960s Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram famously carried out a series of experiments that forever changed our perceptions of morality and free will. The subjectsâ€”or "teachers"â€”were instructed to administer electroshocks to a human "learner," with the shocks becoming progressively more powerful and painful. Controversial but now strongly vindicated by the scientific community, these experiments attempted to determine to what extent people will obey orders from authority figures regardless of consequences. Obedience to Authority is Milgram's fascinating and troubling chronicle of his classic study and a vivid and persuasive explanation of his conclusions.
language: English
title: Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View
titlecomplete: Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View
genres: Classics, History, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Science, Academic, Nonfiction, Social Science, Politics
ratings_count: 4118
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: The Sciences
publisher: Tavistock Publications Ltd