In 1962, Stanley Milgram conducted this world-famous experiment to demonstrate that people are capable of atrocious acts through the 'Befehl ist Befehl' principle. Subjects had to administer increasingly severe electric shocks to a 'student with heart problems' (in real life, an actor with a sound recording) when he made a mistake. The vast majority of these subjects continued to administer electric shocks on the orders of the 'researcher', even if the 'pupil' begged to stop and then stopped reacting. With this experiment, Stanley Milgram showed that people were inclined to obey his authorities, even if it meant that their standards were exceeded. They were less likely to feel responsible for their behavior if it was commissioned by an authority. This experiment shows that the Befehl ist Befehl principle invoked by the war criminals of WW2 in the Nuremberg trial did not just fall from the sky.

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