Not entirely without pangs or perhaps pleas to be let off any moral responsibility.
The following is a quote from the transcript. The subject has just inflicted what he thinks is a 300-volt shock on the invisible learner next door.
LEARNER: [Agonized scream]
SUBJECT: I, I can't do this any more. [chair scuffles]
LEARNER: I absolutely refuse to answer any more. Get me out of here. You can't hold me here. Get me out. Get me out of here.
SUBJECT: I can't do it any more. I'm sorry. I realize that you're trying to do something.
EXPERIMENTER: The experiment requires that you continue to do so . . .
SUBJECT: Yes, I know. But I'm just not the type of person that can inflict pain to anyone else, uh, more than what I feel. I felt I've gone far beyond what I should.
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