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Is a Bias Toward Power different from obedience to power (as famously shown by Milgram)?

That is, I'm interested in the potential causality chain here. Is the bias to trusting/respecting/accepting things coming from a powerful figure different from the push to obey? Or do we obey only inasmuch as we are being deferential?

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I've always felt a strong pull of the authority of Socrates on this score--when people are wise in one thing, they think they are wise in many. Thanks for confirming it. ;)

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