Video: "I am Just Following Orders."

© 2026. Luis A. Marrero. Boston Institute for Meaningful Purpose

[Written by, with, and for human intelligence.]

Where do you observe obedience today that conflicts with basic human dignity, and what meanings allow it to persist?

"I am just following orders." This phrase took on deeper significance for me when, years ago, I first encountered Stanley Milgram's work (Milgram, 1963, 1974). His research did not ask whether people know right from wrong. It asked something more unsettling: what happens to ordinary people when authority reshapes the meaning of their actions?

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This is the video version of my paper, "I am Just Following Orders."