/oss/taxonomy/term/5746/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-history/would-you-punish-someone-electric-shocks-if-told-do-so <p>The banality of evil.</p> <p>They were just following orders.</p> <p>People absolve themselves of any responsibility when there is someone in charge.</p> <p>These ideas have permeated our thinking, in part because of the defense many Nazi officers gave during the Nuremberg trials, and in part because of Stanley Milgram’s infamous experiments into obedience to authority. Even when the victim begged from the other room not to be shocked, so many of Milgram’s subjects kept increasing the voltage all the way to the “severe shock” setting because a man in a lab coat told them it was OK.</p> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:45:11 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9459 at /oss /oss/article/health-and-nutrition/malaria-vaccines-success-story-hides-legitimate-concerns <p>It has been a good year for vaccines.</p> Sat, 16 Oct 2021 08:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8898 at /oss