Milgram maintained that his subjects obeyed because they

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Milgram's theory of agentic state suggests that individuals are more likely to obey when they perceive themselves as agents of an external authority, rather than being fully responsible for their own actions. In the Milgram experiment, the subjects were made to feel that the responsibility for the shocks was on the experimenter, not on themselves, which allowed them to obey even when they were uncomfortable doing so.

Milgram Maintained That His Subjects Obeyed Because They