Evil not so banal, says disturbing new probe

Okay, but a lethal dose? This still baffles me, no matter how many times I read about these experiments. I might have shocked some poor sucker in the name of science for a while, as long as he seemed like a willing participant, but as soon as he starts to resist...I just don't get it. And killing him off? I mean, what sane person could really believe that Yale was authorized (or willing) to administer lethal doses of electricity as part of their experiments? Did the participants think these "learners" were death row inmates or something? It defies belief.

This comes from identification with a cause—and an acceptance that the authority is a legitimate representative of that cause.

Very logical. I'm a lone wolf - as, thankfully, my son - and, despite the disadvantage of eschewing the protection of a group, I am grateful to be inherently conditioned to walk away from such situations with no feeling of loss. I don't blame these participants; survival of the human genome takes many types.