Two landmark obedience experiments and their ethical criticisms

What this note covers

1. Milgram created a conflict between authority and conscience
2. Milgram used experimental manipulation and variation
3. Zimbardo simulated a prison and assigned social roles
4. Compare the investigations on matched features
5. Both studies raise serious ethical concerns
6. Use the studies as evidence, not legends
7. Comparing landmark evidence without mythology
8. Designing an ethical authority analogue

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