Why did an ordinary family man become a perpetrator of atrocities in the Nazi SS?
In 1961, Professor Stanley Milgram's electric shock experiment chillingly demonstrated how easily human morality erodes in the face of authority.
1. The Transference of Responsibility and Obedience
The moment the authority figure (the professor) in a white coat declared they would assume responsibility, 65% of participants pressed the switch for a lethal 450 volts, directed at the screaming subject. Humanity, under the aegis of systems and directives, harbors a latent instinct to rationalize its own brutality.