We live in a world that demands obedience to authority which are necessary for society to function. Yet, obedience can have sinister effects on society, as authority figures have little need to justify actions. Conformity is an effect that influences everyone to do things they might not have otherwise done. Both obedience and conformity have led to atrocious acts. Social psychologists in recent times have endeavoured to discover why mankind is influenced by them. Experiments …showed first 75 words of 3139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3139 total…to a laboratory. They are evident in recent history. Battalion 101 consisted of normal men, and a combination of obedience and conformity led them to mass murder. This creates a moral conundrum. Seemingly ordinary, moral people can turn into killers placed in the right situation. Sadly, it is difficult to be confident of human behaviour. These ordinary people consistently elicited ¡§behaviour which is¡Kundeniably evil¡¨ in extreme situations. Therefore, one can certain they too would not.