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I don’t think this experiment should be replicated today. The reason being is that the Generation we have today has a different mindset and that the experiment is unethical in my view. In 1961, Milgram was able to make the participants agree with the experiment. These results led to people trying out these trails because the participants knew the shock would be painful but not dangerous. With that being said, it shows you the mindset of the people during that time. People were laid back and were willing to try anything. Usually, when people are told something from a person who is an expert in his or her field, they tend to believe and trust the individual.
In today’s society, I think that most individual’s would try an experiment based on
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