HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Autocracy, Nuremberg Trials
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Declining influence of powerful institutions demanding obedience (e. g. protest reformation by martin luther, decrease of political absolutism, rise of individual rights and political liberalism. Post-wwii worries and the case of the nazis: how could such a cultured and progressive nation like germany commit such a tragic atrocity, during the nuremberg trials, the most common testimony was that they were just. Following orders or doing what i was told . Milgram: how far would a person go simply following orders .