Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the unimpeded flow of impulses destructive to others. But when he merges his person into an organizational structure, a new creature replaces autonomous man, unhindered by the limitations of individual morality, freed of humane inhibition, mindful only of the sanctions of authority.
Stanley MilgramPerhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.
Stanley MilgramThe disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.
Stanley Milgram