Freud’s theory and Milgram’s experiment
instructions for the third (3rd) essay Read the instructions carefully so that you can properly write the third and final assigned essay of the third unit. The due date for this essay is May /30/ 2018. The text should be handed in, printed and stapled, following a Microsoft Word format, a letter size twelve (12) and a spacing of one and a half (1.5) between sentences (or line spacing in the paragraph options). The extension of the work should not be less than three (3) pages or
greater than five (5) pages of content (not title page or cover of any kind is required). At the end of your essay you will list the References used (for more information see the text I sent regarding the instructions for writing an essay for this class). Plagiarism will not be tolerated. The written essay should be a product that reflects your understanding and interpretation (substantiated with arguments, evidence and reasoning, expressed in a clear, consistent, and accurate matter) of the assigned readings and discussions in class. Do not use Internet sources and limit yourself to the assigned texts, the discussion in class and your own argumentative capabilities. The test/essay has a total value of twenty-five (25) points. [unique_solution]Instructions: Freud’s theory and Milgram’s experiment, each in their own matter, question our usual understandings regarding what it means to “be civilized” and “to be obedient”; or in a more general sense “how to behave ourselves”. In their own style, they make us question how we manage (or deal with) the sources of our discontent and our continual efforts for attaining happiness or trying to “be good” (or “do good”). In this sense, we are even entering the problematic and complex relationship between ethics, culture and choice. Taking this into consideration discuss the following question/scenario: What are the “costs”, complications and paradoxes of “behaving” as we are expected to? Bear in mind the following guidelines when elaborating your essay. 1. You can choose to discuss and compare both author’s arguments, or you can center more, or almost exclusively on either one (Freud or Milgram). 2. The limits of the “palliative measures”, sublimations and cultural regulations (which also include religion, technology and other “conquests” of civilization) when dealing with the three sources where our suffering and discontent comes from. 3. How Freud’s view of our behavior, its causes and interaction with the environment differs from Behaviorism. How Milgram’s experiments, even though it uses certain aspects of Behaviorism, actually goes beyond its limited scope. 4. How Milgram’s experiments questions how we think about ethics, morality and evil.