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Selected Works of Christina J. Taylor
Presentation
The Ordinariness of Evil - Obedience to Authority - The Milgram Experiment
The Human Journey Colloquia Series (2019)
  • Christina J. Taylor, Sacred Heart University
  • Ruth M. Grant, Sacred Heart University
  • Ruth-Ann Greeley, Sacred Heart University
Abstract
Why do ordinary individuals obey the experimenter’s order to administer painful shocks to an innocent person? What would you have done if you were in a Milgram experiment? This Colloquium will discuss the experiment from the perspective of psychology and religious studies.
Keywords
  • Milgram experiment
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 13, 2019
Location
University Commons, Sacred Heart University
Citation Information
Christina J. Taylor, Ruth M. Grant and Ruth-Ann Greeley. "The Ordinariness of Evil - Obedience to Authority - The Milgram Experiment" The Human Journey Colloquia Series (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christina-taylor/13/