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Published: 05.08.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Obediance and Deindividuation', 1.
  • Essays 'Obediance and Deindividuation', 2.
  • Essays 'Obediance and Deindividuation', 3.
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Abstract
Most, if not all humans, have some ethics and morals, which help the individual make distinctions between right and wrong. Therefore, in most situations human beings behave in accordance with their morality. Studies on notions such as obedience to authority and deindividuation have shown that in some cases, an individual can be made to act in direct opposition to their morals and ethics. Studies conducted by Milgram (1963) on obedience have shown that if an individual is ordered to do something by someone who is perceived to be in power, it is possible that they will do it, even…

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