06-12-2005, 06:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-12-2005, 06:23 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
Obi2Kenobi,Jun 12 2005, 10:09 AM Wrote:They couldn't exactly have done this by saying, "Hey, we're going to find out how far a person will shock someone when directed to do so by an authority figure", because then people would have had that in mind, and likely rebelled against them just because. Or perhaps they would have shocked them anyway, assuming that it was a scam. Perhaps this would be another experiment needed to be conducted. :wacko:In other words, instead of studying the human condition in all its natural interactions, they set up a limited and highly controlled series of conditions in order to produce conclusions in favor of their inital hypothesis.
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Rather than seeing if the subjects caught on or were free to explore the situation, the experimenters wanted to see how far the subjects could be led down this moral cattle chute they set up.
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.