Monday, December 29, 2008

Four [reflecttion] Decades After Milgram, We’re Still Willing to Inflict Pain

The article discussed about a psychological experiment done by a Yale professor. In the conclusion, the author asserted:
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/opinion/29mon3.html?_r=1



"The results of both experiments pose a challenge. If this is how most people behave, how do we prevent more Holocausts, Abu Ghraibs and other examples of wanton cruelty? Part of the answer, Professor Burger argues, is teaching people about the experiment so they will know to be on guard against these tendencies, in themselves and others.

An instructor at West Point contacted Professor Burger to say that she was teaching her students about his findings. She had the right idea — and the right audience. The findings of these two experiments should be part of the basic training for soldiers, police officers, jailers and anyone else whose position gives them the power to inflict abuse on others."

So i want to reuse this concept, or quotation
Society is my concentration, and education is my primary concern. Well, if that is the case, can i say, the best way to help people to know why they are entitled by me as "unproductive" is to tell them. To let modern men see my point of view on current society. Indeed, this needs futhur research.
Research expand to many fields, such as philosophy, Christianity, education, virtue, worldview, culture geography...etc.

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