Authority
The Milgram experiment ran by Stanley Milgram provided some of the most stunning insights into how influential authority can be over others.
People often act in an automated fashion to commands from authority, even if their instincts suggest the commands should not be followed.
Read more about this topic: Influence: Science And Practice
Famous quotes containing the word authority:
“And truly Philosophy is but sophisticated poetry. Whence do those ancient writers derive all their authority but from the poets?”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
“War ... should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)