Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Stanley Milgram activity

My first impression about the material is that I am astounished how the Milgram's study turned out.
When people give up their values to follow someone else's, that means we are kind of go-with-the-flow people. No matter what request is given us, in order to complete the task we are going to until last consequence. Authoritarism can take advantage of this situation to subtle people to do any kind of atrocities in the behalf of the system. But the truth is that either task giver and task receiver are both responsible for their acts. So, when the NAZI commited many attrocities, low-ranked-nazi authorities refuged in the word that they just followed given commandments.

Everybody has the right to judge which actions would become a threat to others. We are not just mere machines.
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  1. Andres MosqueraSeptember 21, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    I agree with you, everybody have to respond about the way they do their tasks even if it is negative. People should know what's the right and what's the wrong for their lives.

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  2. JessSeptember 28, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Hi Mauricio,

    I like that you point out that both the higher-ups and the more menial laborers have responsibility for actions that harm others. Extending the chain of command shouldn't be a substitute for accountability; yet we can see in almost every aspect of contemporary society that it is.

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  3. mark kimSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    yeah i would agree with what you said.
    i thought most of the people will get scared and run away.
    but i think the task giver will have more responsibility than the task taker.

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  4. Pamela CalderonSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    I think both, task-giver and task-receiver have the same level of responsibility. In my opinion is not acceptable that someone excuse himself because was following someone else' instruction. If we are mature enough and we have the capability to make decisions, we have to assume the consequences and don't hide ourselves behind other person's responsibility.

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  5. JessSeptember 29, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    Hi All,

    Yes, Mark, I am curious to know why you give more responsibility to the giver than the taker; I don't know who I agree with more, but Mauricio and Pamela have explained their position a little bit more clearly. Perhaps you care to elaborate?

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