Highly controversial experiments were carried out by Stanley Milgram in 1960s where seemingly normal, well-adjusted men could be made to
perform acts that challenged their own personal values - what was the main point that Milgram's work sought to demonstrate?
A) Men who are in everyday life responsible and decent were seduced by the trappings of authority, and by the uncritical acceptance of the experimenter's definition of the situation into performing harsh acts.
B) The 'banality of evil', which suggested that most Nazis were extraordinary men and few majorities maintained they would commit such evil acts if they could.
C) The 'banality of evil', which suggested that most Nazis were quite ordinary men and and the vast majority maintained they would commit such evil acts if they could.
D) Men who are not in everyday life responsible nor decent weren't seduced by the trappings of authority, yet by the uncritical acceptance of the experimenter's definition of the situation did not perform harsh acts.
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