MY LAI MASSACRE AS A RESULT OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY. Relates to stanly milgrams experiments and how authority play a part in genocide killings.
Date Submitted: 11/17/2004 14:55:07
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 5 pages (1237 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 5 pages (1237 words)
MY LAI MASSACRE AS A RESULT OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY
The Vietnam controversy made many people feel at distress. It was never considered a "war," although that is exactly what it was. The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam was one of the many atrocities of that war. There is an unquestionable connection between Milgram's "Obedience to Authority" and the My Lai Massacre.
According to Kelman & Hamilton, "Unquestioning obedience has been the cause of such …
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