It Is Easy To Ignore Responsibility When

Although A Person Acting Under Authority Performs Actions That Seem To Violate Standards Of Conscience, It Would Not Be True To Say That He Loses His Moral Sense. Instead, It Acquires A Radically Different Focus. He Does Not Respond With A Moral Sentiment To The Actions He Performs. Rather, His Moral Concern Now Shifts To A Consideration Of How Well He Is Living Up To The Expectations That The Authority Has Of Him.

Obedience Is The Psychological Mechanism That Links Individual Action To Political Purpose. It Is The Dispositional Cement That Binds Men To Systems Of Authority.

Perhaps The Challenge Is To Invent The Political Structure That Will Give Conscience A Better Chance Against Authority.

Relatively Few People Have The Resources Needed To Resist Authority.

Only In Action Can You Fully Realize The Forces Operative In Social Behavior. That Is Why I Am An Experimentalist.