When the Milgram’s experiment is discussed most people consider the study unethical, but the real question is, is it really unethical? As was stated on simplypsychology, by Mclead “Stanley Milgram was interested in researching how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person.” To do so, he picked out random people and put them in a situation where an authority controls them. However, he told the participants they are a part of a study examining the effects of punishment on learning. He didn’t inform the participants of the real purpose. According to the APA code of conduct of ethics, the basic guideline is “in describing or reporting their qualifications, services, products, fees, research, or teaching,
