Publisher's Synopsis
In the early nineteen-sixties a Psychology experimenter
laid a trap for members of the public. He set up a fake
experiment and invited members of the public - carefully
prescreened in the event - to participate.
Stanley Milgram2 did what he could to make sure he
had screened out psychopathic tendencies. Nevertheless
within weeks he had discovered that all it takes to make
the difference between getting you to torture another individual,
possibly to death, and not doing so is a set of
variations in the environment around you
