Agency theory

Question 1

what did milgram argue ?

Answer 1

Milgram argued in 1974
we are born with the potential of obedience ehich interacts with society to create the obedient man

Question 2

Autonomous state

Answer 2

self directed
free to choose how to behave
we take responsibility for the consequences of our actions
we operate this way on our own with peers and wigh ppl lower than on on the social heiraxhy

Question 3

Agentic shift

Answer 3

judge whether someone is higher than us in the social hierarchy
whether they are a legitimate authority figure
we become an “agent” of authority
we believe we are acting on their behalf
we may obey as we feel as tho we have no choice

Question 4

Moral Strain

Answer 4

symptoms of anxiety that devolp especially when obeying ordered result in harm

Question 5

A03 strengths

Answer 5

p1:
p2: milgrams shock experiment shows the validity of this

Question 6

A03 weaknesses

Answer 6

doesn’t mean that the agentic shift is inevitable
Rank and Jacobson found that 16/18 disobeyed a doctor when ordered to administer an overdose of a drug

Question 7

Agency theory conclusions

Answer 7

reductionist : doesn’t account for different perisnlotu types eg authoritarian
applied to military strategies to reduce moral strain