The Milgram Experiment: How Far Will People Go to Obey Authority?

Part #1 

In my opinion, Milgram’s experiment was unethical and it is not coincident that it has had massive controversial claims over the last couple of decades now. Even though the overall intention of the experiment was worthwhile, the amount of stress it had to its subjects, especially those undertaking the shocking, was undeniably wrong. Apparently, it would not be acceptable especially in the contemporary society to put people through such experiments. There is a possibility that this experiment could have traumatized its participants. Despite the fact that all the participants were volunteers, it reached a time where they were scared by the effect it caused. While the victims were informed that there was no actual shock, those that were doing the shocking were unaware until the end of the experiment. In this sense, some of the participants would have felt sorry for their actions, therefore, the whole experiment would not have passed any ethical test in the present day. 

Part #2 

Human beings are fond of behaving differently when participating in an action especially those that involve people of different ages, gender as well as religious affiliation. It is human nature that behaviors tend to differ to some extent. However, if I was to take part as a teacher in the experiment, then my approach would have been different. I would do the first test and stop right away seeing that the victim is undergoing some kind of pain regardless of their religious or gender factors. While some people would discriminate victims on their religion as well as gender lines, I do not take sides in any way and consider such step as unethical in the contemporary society. My reason for not discriminating against the religious, age, or gender is because I do not consider it ethical.