The My Lai Massacre: a Crime of Obedience? (From Crimes

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The My Lai Massacre: A Crime of Obedience? (from Crimes of Obedience: Toward a Social Psychology of Authority and Responsibility) HERBERT
-While the killing, destruction, and rape seemed disorganized and spontaneous, Kelman and Hamilton attribute much of the My Lai massacre to:

• A) the leadership of one man, Lt. William Calley
• B) the killers' desire to cover up what they had done, leaving no witnesses to the crime
• C) the psychological training the killers had received, encouraging trainees to block out their emotions and feelings of responsibility when confronting enemy soldiers
• D) the killers' belief that they would themselves die if they did not execute the people in their custody

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