But what if these three words are not the keys to salvation, but the locks on a cage?
They appear in wedding vows, military codes, and religious catechisms. They are the pillars of civilization—the glue of families, the spine of armies, the soul of faith. We call them virtues .
The psychologist Stanley Milgram proved that 65% of people will deliver what they believe to be fatal electric shocks simply because an authority figure told them to.