In terms of social context, discuss why Milgram's obedience research might have been approved by an IRB when he did the research, but the IRB might be much less likely to approve it now
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Milgram's research occurred not long after World War II, when people were still astonished that the Nazis could act as they did, with blind obedience. In addition, the scare of communism caused many people to believe that communism in America would make people blindly obedient. Thus, the question of obedience was a critical social issue.
Currently, we are less worried about the question of blind obedience in modern society. This issue has been replaced by other issues. Thus the cost of doing Milgram's research (distress experienced by participants, etc.) would not be offset by the benefits (increased knowledge). Thus, a current IRB might consider studies of obedience not to be sufficiently pressing to warrant stressing participants the way Milgram did.
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