Obbedienza e controllo: spunti dalle scienze della mente

In this chapter, I focus on the importance of psychological inquiry for the problem of responsible obedience. I outline a possible, desirable development of the ABIDE project (of which this book is an output), highlighting its main methodological challenges. I present the reader with a critical reconstruction of Milgram’s experiments and a series of recent studies conducted by Caspar, Haggard, and colleagues based on an innovative experimental paradigm, which have given new vigor and a new flavor to Milgram’s hypotheses on the mechanisms of obedience.