Follow the link found in the Readings or Activities folder to learn about the St
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Follow the link found in the Readings or Activities folder to learn about the Stanley Milgram Obedience Experiment. Then search online for 2 more good sources of information about this experiment. Good sources could include websites, YouTube videos, scholarly journal articles, etc. Sites such as Wikipedia, AskJeeves, About.com, or similar sites are NOT good sources.
https://explorable.com/stanley-milgram-experiment
-Choose one consequentialist theory you studied this week. Briefly summarize this theory in 1-2 sentences.
-Does it make a difference to the theory whether an individual is responsible for his or her actions when determining if an act is moral or immoral? Why or why not?
Explanation / Answer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTX42lVDwA4
https://www.theatlantic.com/...experiments/3849...
Motive Consequentialism – It gives primary importance to motive of the actions and the central tenet is an action should be judged according to the motive behind an action. As long as the motive of an action is good in terms of consequences that action has to be considered as good even if the results are otherwise.
If we look from this perspective of motive theory of consequentialism the actions of participants in Milgram’s experiment would sound moral because the basic motive for providing punishment (through supposed administration of electric shock) was improved learning of the (supposed) learner in the experiment.