{"product_id":"obedience-to-authority","title":"Obedience to Authority","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences.” — Michael Dirda, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram famously carried out a series of experiments that forever changed our perceptions of morality and free will. The subjects—or “teachers”—were instructed to administer electroshocks to a human “learner,” with the shocks becoming progressively more powerful and painful. Controversial but now strongly vindicated by the scientific community, these experiments attempted to determine to what extent people will obey orders from authority figures regardless of consequences. “Milgram’s experiments on obedience have made us more aware of the dangers of uncritically accepting authority,” wrote Peter Singer in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing an introduction from Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who conducted the famous Stanford Prison Experiment, \u003cem\u003eObedience to Authority\u003c\/em\u003e is Milgram’s fascinating and troubling chronicle of his classic study and a vivid and persuasive explanation of his conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milgram, Stanley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Social Science)","offer_id":46920634794208,"sku":"","price":12.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f246190a-0abf-4245-8e5d-0b4deac0be4f.jpg?v=1737749911","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/obedience-to-authority","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}