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Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"This appreciation of another?s right is crucial in interrogation, Dr. Packer suggests. When prisoners? rights are ambiguous, inhumane treatment can follow. Milgram?s work, in short, makes a statement about the importance of human rights, as well as obedience." July 1, 2008 Mind Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch? By BENEDICT CAREY- NY Times Some of psychology?s most famous experiments are those that expose the skull beneath the skin, the apparent cowardice or depravity pooling in almost every heart. The findings force a question. Would I really do that? Could I betray my own eyes, my judgment, even my humanity, just to complete some experiment? The answer, if it?s an honest one, often gives rise to observations about the cruelties of the day, whether suicide bombing, torture or gang atrocities...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).