1997-05-20 - Re: Legality of Millgram-type psychological experiments

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From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
To: tcmay@got.net (Tim May)
Message Hash: 7dc6cb80bcb1cce1289dadb5a57b71a50a5b9730e37546263a1433ecc1a2ab92
Message ID: <199705200157.UAA05610@manifold.algebra.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-05-20 02:14:02 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 10:14:02 +0800

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From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 10:14:02 +0800
To: tcmay@got.net (Tim May)
Subject: Re: Legality of Millgram-type psychological experiments
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Message-ID: <199705200157.UAA05610@manifold.algebra.com>
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Tim May wrote:
> 
> At 7:12 AM -0800 5/19/97, Mike Duvos wrote:
> 
> >Of course, such psychological experiments are banned today, because they
>                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >don't make it through the ethics committees.  Nonetheless they demonstrate
> >that there are few differences between "us" and "them," and that most
> >ordinary people will rise to the occasion when given a new pair of
> >jackboots.
> 
> I'm curious about the "such psychological experiments are banned today"
> assertiokn.

These experiments were mostly done at Stanford.

After the unbelievable scandal with the jail experiment (which, to my
knowledge, involved physical injuries), Stanford Board forbade any
experiments done without the approval of a special ethics councel.

Many other universities followed.

(please correct me if i am mistaken)

	- Igor.






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