In the 1960s the Milgram obedience experiment tested whether a person would obey an order from authority even if there were deadly consequences. If one person gave a wrong answer, or did not give an answer, the participant had to give the other person an electric shock. The electric current could be triggered to a deadly level if they gave the wrong answer too many times. It might seem that participants would resist such an act, but “65% of participants in Milgram's study experienced maximum shock” (Cherry, p. 2). This shows that people have been encouraged from a young age to obey the orders of authority even if such actions result in horrible consequences. Adolph “Eichmann's defense that he was simply following instructions when he ordered the deaths of millions of Jews” (Cherry, p. 1). Him