The Milgram Experiments

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Milgram is the perfect video for an intero class. There is no better, more powerful descriptionof how situations can have a surprising influence on us than the milgrim experiments. If you didn't take interest, like at any university, and have not gott a chance to see this, just just youtube some of this. You twon. We're goingto put a bunch of for some of the modern replications, but you can also see of the original videos. So that the original experiment was made, was designed by stanley milgrim. And so o, to describe the experiment, try it. I'm ready. Ok. Milgram experiments.

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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