Acts performed in response to orders from authority considered illegal or immoral by the larger community are called
A) bystander apathy.
B) reductionism.
C) crimes of obedience.
D) fundamental attribution error.

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Acts performed in response to orders from authority considered illegal or immoral by the larger community are called "crimes of obedience". This phenomenon was first described by social psychologist Stanley Milgram in his famous "obedience experiments" which demonstrated that people are willing to administer painful electric shocks to others if instructed to do so by an authority figure. Milgram suggested that obedience to authority can override moral considerations, leading people to engage in behaviors that they would normally believe to be wrong.

Acts Performed in Response to Orders from Authority Considered Illegal