Milgram's Experiment: Ethical Or Unethical?

Milgram’s experiment is an experiment which is extremely controversial. Although many believe that this experiment was unethical, it was not. This experiment is thought to be unethical as individuals were hurt and there was lying and deceit involved. Therefore, many say that an experiment like this is unethical. Furthermore, besides for the students being injured, the teachers also did as they would develop psychological damage from what they did. Additionally, the fact that this experiment was done in an unknown office seems to be a negative aspect as it could cause initial anxiety in the participants, thus false outcomes. The reasons that this experiment is thought to be unethical are not correct. Firstly, the individuals who were acting as the students were not actually participants in the study, they were confederates. Furthermore, there was no actual shock being administered. Although there were screams and the participant thought they were shocking them, they weren’t. It was all an act by the student to see how far the participant would be willing to go to appease the authority in the room. Therefore, the actors were not actually being injured or harmed. In addition to this, another
Therefore, being in that room could have caused anxiety and thus skewed results. However, every experiment is generally performed in an unknown office space because the participants probably have not participated in other studies with those psychologists. Consequently, there may be some anxiety, but that is the way it is with experiments. The amount of anxiety which is experienced is not enough to skew the actual results. Whenever an individual is put into an unknown space or environment there will be some anxiety as that is the way humans are. However, experiments need to be conducted and these are the best ways that we know