In Obedience to Authority, tests were performed on people to see to what level that they would inflict pain on another person if they were told to do so. The basis for this was from the experiments carried out in Nazi Germany. Part of the idea was to see if people "were following orders." Many different setups were tested. The subject was told to administer to shocks to another person when they messed up in a learning exercise. No shocks were actually administered, but the person faked it.
This is an interesting idea, however I think there are very real ethical concerns that should have been addressed. SOme people might be emotionally damaged from the experiment. I don't think this was ever taken into account properly. Even once they realized that they didn't actually hurt anybody, they still realized what they would do and to what level.
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