Milgram, the social mechanics of gross human rights violations, and President Trump

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: A+, , course: Understanding Human Rights, language: English, abstract: Milgram’s work in his 1974 book Obedience to Authority provides a useful analytical tool for understanding the social mechanics that lead to gross violations of human rights. A socially constructed locus of author...