[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] Comment on some recent faking & bluffing

[Karen Medina]

> juries have the right to read the law regardless of
> what the judge or anyone else tells them in "instructions".  That's
> sort of the purpose of juries.  They ain't robots.

I was reading an article about the conclusions of the Milgram
experiment and a modifications to those conclusions. I think both
apply here.

*Conclusions of the Milgram experiment: people blindly obey
authorities to the point of committing evil deeds.
**Modified conclusions: Human moral nature includes a propensity to be
empathetic, kind and good to our fellow kin and group members, plus an
inclination to be xenophobic, cruel and evil to tribal others.

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* One description of Milgram's experiment:
http://nature.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7article/article35.htm
** http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-milgrams-shock-experiments-really-mean
-> What Milgram’s Shock Experiments Really Mean: Replicating Milgram's
shock experiments reveals not blind obedience but deep moral conflict
By Michael Shermer  | Monday, November 12, 2012, Scientific American, online
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By the way, Milgram's experiments began in July 1961, three months
after the start of the trial of German Naziwar criminal Adolf Eichmann
in Jerusalem.

Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View. New
York: Harper and Row. An excellent presentation of Milgram’s work is
also found in Brown, R. (1986). Social Forces in Obedience and
Rebellion. Social Psychology: The Second Edition. New York: The Free
Press.