The Milgram Obedience Study

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People make distinctions between “us” and “them” to justify their actions against each other as a means of saying there is a difference between certain people. This process dehumanizes people and just makes all the more easier for people to be lured into actions that are wrong. For example guards at Auschwitz were told horrible things about the Jews and their minds where brainwashed to a degree they felt no empathy or compassion for those there. This is the scary side of “us” Vs. “them” because in this battle morality is often forgotten in favor of achieving the goal through whatever means nesacery. For example there is a famous study known as the Milgram Obedience study, named after Stanley Milgram. In the Milgram study participants were asked