The Five Monkeys Experiment (with a New Lesson) | Order Followers and Harm — Objective Morality is the Key to Freedom and Social Harmony

(Stillness in the Storm Editor) Is unconsciousness of the individual within social settings a causal factor for the proliferation of injustice, bigotry, prejudice, and wrongdoing? The following article reviews an experiment done with a set of monkeys suggesting that when an individual fails to think for themselves, and blindly follows an order, social trend, or compulsion, untold harm can be wrought on the world.

Source: The Five Monkeys Experiment (with a New Lesson) | Order Followers and Harm — Objective Morality is the Key to Freedom and Social Harmony | Stillness in the Storm

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