"How far humans will go when an authority figure orders them to hurt another human being. Many wondered after the horrors of WWII, and not for the first time, how people could be motivated to commit acts of such brutality towards each other. Not just those in the armed forces, but ordinary people were coerced into carrying out the most cruel and gruesome acts."
This study, conducted by Stanley Milgram sheds some light on this, though not without its controversies.
Personally I would agree with the conformity view. I have seen people doing stupid things - though not dangerous or stupid to a big extent, but still things which a person with a better control and thought process will deny - just because they have been asked to do so. Majority of the population, i feel, find it comfortable to follow orders and not make decisions by themselves; that i guess is the basic reason behind this and that I feel is the reason our civilization has developed in such a way that we have very few people at the top governing most of the others; take any government or any corporate, this is the basic structure of the organization. Though honestly, I cannot think of any other system which will be as stable, but its worth thinking why humans chose such a system; or to be more precise why such a system is the most stable. Any one who can shed light on this is more than welcome. :)
This study, conducted by Stanley Milgram sheds some light on this, though not without its controversies.
Personally I would agree with the conformity view. I have seen people doing stupid things - though not dangerous or stupid to a big extent, but still things which a person with a better control and thought process will deny - just because they have been asked to do so. Majority of the population, i feel, find it comfortable to follow orders and not make decisions by themselves; that i guess is the basic reason behind this and that I feel is the reason our civilization has developed in such a way that we have very few people at the top governing most of the others; take any government or any corporate, this is the basic structure of the organization. Though honestly, I cannot think of any other system which will be as stable, but its worth thinking why humans chose such a system; or to be more precise why such a system is the most stable. Any one who can shed light on this is more than welcome. :)
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