Thursday, March 25, 2010

Would You Do What Hitler Asked Of You?

Given the right circumstances, would you torture and ultimately kill another person at the request of others? Not someone that is threatening you or your family, just a stranger that someone asks you to torture. Would you do it?

In a 1961 experiment a French psychologist found that two-thirds of the test subjects were willing to administer a fatal shock.

Well, that was 1961. Surely our 'enlightened' society would be less likely to perform such a heinous act. Click the image above to read the article and learn if your peers are more or less likely to torture and kill.

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