The Milgrim Experiments

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In the milgrim experiments, at the end, even th they went all the way there, like, or like, no, i knew it was wrong to be doing. It's an interesting question whether the sort of phenomenology of it is, you're so transformed that you actually are, your moral categories are upside down and you think what's wrong is right. And maybe the ones who are actually have the power to make the decisions, think that they're doing it for the greater good,. And then, you know, maybe the underlings are not. But i don't know if it was answered.

After discussing some listener feedback about the movie Swingers, Tamler and David talk about two classic experiments in social psychology: the Milgram Experiments and the Zimbardo Prison experiment. They discuss the power of the situation, its influence on recent philosophy, and whether there is room given the evidence to believe in moral character and virtue. Also, Tamler admits to his former struggles with hard core street drugs, and Dave ponders which prison gang would be most accepting if he had to serve hard time.

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"Swingers," Directed by Jon Favreau [metacritic.com]

The Milgram Experiment [Wikipedia.org]

Video clip of a replication of the Milgram Experiment [youtube.com]

The Stanford Prison Experiment [Wikipedia.org]

Short video on Stanford Prison Experiment [youtube.com]

Asch Conformity Experiment [youtube.com]

Jon Doris "Lack of Character" [amazon.com]

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