Majority of his students refused to do this, and the one that agreed to participate returned within in minutes, refusing to continue for no other reason than being emotionally distraught from this task. Then, Milgram decided himself to conduct the experiment himself. He had many unsuccessful attempts before finally choking out the request to have a random passenger’s seat. He found himself needing to behave in a way that would justify the need and make this request morally correct. He dropped his head between his knees and let his face grow pale, saying he was not role-playing, rather his emotions actually made him behave this way (Bass, 2004). This experiment illustrates a key point to our argument: it is emotionally distressing to violate moral rules. The way the action makes one feel, the emotion it evokes, is what determines the degree of immorality
Majority of his students refused to do this, and the one that agreed to participate returned within in minutes, refusing to continue for no other reason than being emotionally distraught from this task. Then, Milgram decided himself to conduct the experiment himself. He had many unsuccessful attempts before finally choking out the request to have a random passenger’s seat. He found himself needing to behave in a way that would justify the need and make this request morally correct. He dropped his head between his knees and let his face grow pale, saying he was not role-playing, rather his emotions actually made him behave this way (Bass, 2004). This experiment illustrates a key point to our argument: it is emotionally distressing to violate moral rules. The way the action makes one feel, the emotion it evokes, is what determines the degree of immorality