Question

David's history teacher asked him why so many German people complied with Hitler's orders to systematically slaughter millions of innocent Jews. David suggested that the atrocities were committed because the Germans had become unusually cruel, sadistic people with abnormal and twisted personalities. In the light of Milgram’s research, why is David’s argument weak?

Answer 1

Answer:

overgeneralizing a culture as a whole

Explanation:

Milgram's research tries to prove that some people have traits that make them more vulnerable towards obeying authority. Therefore based on this information we can say that David's argument is weak since he is overgeneralizing a culture as a whole and is not providing specific detail as to why exactly they chose to follow Hitler's orders. Mostly since it is known that not all Germans were in favor of Hitler's reign at that time.