Stanley Milgram, conducted a study focused on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. According to the study, Migram suggested “that the obedience we naturally show to authority figures can transform us into agents of terror” (Migram, 1974/1994, p. 214). The Milgram experiment was developed to justify the act of genocide during World War II. Many Holocaust accomplices said they were following orders given by Adolf Eichmann. Obedience to superiors is inscribed in the history of civilized societies, and no culture worthy of the name has existed without emphasizing the respect due to the legitimate authority of the duties of those who command. Milgram's study provides information that supports that under a command of authority, an adult is willing to go to any lengths to carry out the order. The experiment focused on memory and learning. The participant is made up of “teachers” to whom it is explained that the experiment aims to explore the effects of punishment in the event of an incorrect response on learning behavior. Their role is to read a list of two pairs of words and the other participant to read them again. They were told they had 30 switches labeled with voltage ranging from 15 to 450 volts with a classification ranging from "mild shock" to "danger." The other participant, "the learner", who was an actor, was tied to a chair during the experiment and each time the answer to the word "the pair" was incorrect, a wave of electro shook in increments of 15 volts was administered. The teacher and learner are in a separate room during the experiment period. Although the teacher can hear the learner's responses each time the voltage range is different, the actor pretends to be uncomfortable with each increase in electrical voltage...... middle paper ...... his experiment was explained to the participant "teachers", they saw clearly what was expected of them and, at that moment, they could have refused to obey the experimenter. At the start of the experiment, both participants received the same voltage of electroshock and they knew the discomfort it caused at 45 voltages. It is common knowledge that human beings are responsible for making decisions. In past years, the use of electroshock experiment did not cure any illnesses, it caused more harm to individual participants and decreased their quality of life. Danger to another human being is a moral decision. In the case of Stanley Milgram's study, the "teachers" chose to continue the experiment of their own free will. In the case of the genocide of World War II, people's lives were under the direction of authority and disobedience had many consequences..