{"id":153,"date":"2021-06-25T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T20:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt-100\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2023-11-13T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:06:38","slug":"week-11-authority-and-obedience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/crt100-054w-fall23-barnes\/week-11-authority-and-obedience\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12: Authority and Obedience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 1: You and authority<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:312px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is authority? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who are the authority figures in your life? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you always listen to them? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Should we always listen to authority figures? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If an authority figure tells you to do something, are you still responsible for that action?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 2: Obey all orders?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Adolf-Eichmann\" target=\"_blank\">Adolf Eichmann<\/a> was a Nazi war criminal who played a big role in the extermination of Jews during World War II. In his defense, he said that he didnt have a choice, that he was following orders. Do you think he is responsible for his actions? Or is it his superiors? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 3: The Milgram Obedience Study. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this YouTube video and take notes: what is the Milgram obedience study and what were the results? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Milgram Obedience Study\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W147ybOdgpE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 4: Think about this:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Think about a time in your life when you obeyed someone else and did something you later came to regret. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Imagine that you are a participant in Milgram&#8217;s study of obedience. What would you have done if you refused to obey the orders and the experimenter in charge answered, \u201cThe experiment requires that you continue\u201d? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What could you do in general to make it less likely to obey an authority figure who&#8217;s telling you to do something that isn&#8217;t morally right? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are there situations in your life that might force you to obey authority figures even when you shoudn&#8217;t?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 5: Other examples of blind obedience. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you seen the movie &#8220;Compliance&#8221;? Watch the trailer here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Compliance Official Trailer #1 (2012) Independent Movie HD\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WdONydDX44I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The movie is based on a true story. Watch some of all of the video below for more information: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"She was strip searched by her manager, all because a police officer told her to -McDonalds Hoax Call\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5_3yonI8ZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What connections can you make between the Milgram Obedience Study and the Donna Summers and Louise Ogborn incident? How are they similar? How are they different?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 6: Read about authority and obedience.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rintintin.colorado.edu\/~vancecd\/phil100\/Wolff.pdf\">Read<\/a> an article on authority and obedience by Robert Wolff&#8211;AND\/OR listen to the reading here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The conflict between authority and autonomy - Robert Paul Wolff\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KG7JQfqgAr0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 7: Refresher: authority fallacy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you remember the authority fallacy from week 9? Here is a refresher: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Authority Fallacy | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mgqM6xeZHNM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity 8: Take quiz 6 (or is it 5?) on Blackboard.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the authority and obedience quiz on Blackboard. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activity 1: You and authority Activity 2: Obey all orders? Adolf Eichmann was a Nazi war criminal who played a big role in the extermination of Jews during World War II. 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