Obedience to Authority

In the 1960s Stanley Milgram carried out a series of experiments in which human subjects were given progressively more painful electro-shocks in a careful calibrated series to determine to what extent people will obey orders even when they knew them to be painful and immoral-to determine how people will obey authority regardless of consequences. These experiments came under hea...

In the 1960s Stanley Milgram carried out a series of experiments in which human subjects were given progressively more painful electro-shocks in a careful calibrated series to determine to what extent people will obey orders even when they knew them to be painful and immoral-to determine how people will obey authority regardless of consequences. These experiments came under heavy criticism at the time but have ultimately been vindicated by the scientific community. This book is Milgram′s vivid and persuasive explanation of his methods.

斯坦利·米尔格拉姆（Stanley Milgram，1933-1984），获哈佛大学心理学博士学位，曾先后在耶鲁大学和哈佛大学任教。在耶鲁大学做了震惊心理学界的权威服从实验，在哈佛大学进行了“小世界实验”并提出“六度分离”概念。之后在纽约城市大学研究生中心任教，获杰出教授荣誉。他所获得的其他荣誉和奖励还包括：福特基金奖学金、美国科学促进会的社会心