1 Nov 2025 · 6:23
Shocking obedience: How Far Will We Follow Authority?
Milgram obedience experiments
How far might we go when someone in authority tells us to follow instructions?
In this episode of Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions, we explore Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiments, which investigated how people respond to authority when instructions conflict with their personal conscience. We look at the questions the research raised about obedience, responsibility, and the influence of authority — alongside the ethical concerns surrounding the study.
But what makes it difficult to challenge someone who seems to have the right to give orders? Discover how authority can shape our decisions, why obedience is more complicated than simply following rules, and what Milgram’s research asks us to consider about our own choices.