Milgram’s theory disproves Golding’s philosophy completely because we see in the book that Golding shows without rules the boys on the island go crazy and savage, while in the Milgram experiment we see that the “teacher” (aka – random volunteer) shows sympathy and cares about the “student” who is getting false shocks. The person in a uniform demands the “teacher” to up the shock when wrong. At first which might seem evil but it is the opposite of Golding’s theory.

The volunteers in Milgram’s experiment show no evilness until rules and demand forces them to raise the shock. The fear factor comes into places witch makes them do it but at heart we are not evil. Golding writes in his novel how Jack becomes savage once there are no rules in place and he has power; but, in Milgram’s experiment order and rules symbolizes evil when the man in authority demands to sends the shocks even if the volunteer does not want to do so.

In conclusion, Milgram’s theory disproves Golding’s philosophy because we see in Milgram’s experiment that the volunteers had empathy and cared about the other person but authority and rules made them look evil. While Golding’s philosophy is WITHOUT rules we are evil so it shows that it is the complete opposite.