My Lai Massacre Analysis

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Kelman and Hamilton analyzed the My Lai massacre by studying the social process of obedience, a similar analysis can also be created when analyzing the reason why the United States tortures. The social process of obedience consist of three parts: authorization, routinization and dehumanization. Due to there higher ranked officials of the C.I.A. wanting to use torture to attain information is the reason for the use of torture by the United States. The want of the use of torture by higher ranked officials is then followed by the social process of obedience, meaning authorization, routinization and dehumanization. If it were not for other officials being obedient to the orders of following through with torture During the process of authorization

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