Obedience to Authority
An Experimental View
Stanley Milgram
The book presents the author's groundbreaking psychological experiments from the 1960s, which tested individuals' willingness to obey authority figures, even when instructed to perform actions conflicting with their personal conscience. It delves into the implications of the findings, exploring the nature of obedience and its role in society, particularly in relation to historical events such as the Holocaust.
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