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2-15-16

Why Ordinary Americans Can Torture Innocent People

by Bruce Chadwick

One of the most disturbing psychological experiments in American history was carried out by Yale psychology professor Stanley Milgram between 1961 and 1963. The true story of the Milgram experiments has been turned into a play, "Please Continue," and it is an absorbing and engaging play.

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Why Ordinary Americans Can Torture Innocent People

by Bruce Chadwick