Essays on Obedience Page 2

The philosophy and tactics of civil disobedience have been used as early as 441 B. C. with Antigone and other religious groups. We must remember, however, this philosophy has also been used as recently as The Anti Vietnam War Movement. Civil disobedience is exercised by citizens that want to better society and they are at…

Outline & Evaluate one or more Explanations of Why People Obey. There are many reasons as to why people obey which have been justified gradually over several decades. Milgram (1974) argued the fact that in an obedience situation, people tend to pass all sense of responsibility onto the authoritative figure. Milgram said that people are…

Milgram’s study of obedience looked at the question of if and to what degree people will follow authority over their own morales or preference. Yale students were asked to hypothesize what might be the outcome of this kind of experiment, given the specifics of the methods and procedures. Their response was that a total of…

1) Milgram states that obedience is a basic element in the structure of social life. How so? Our society is based on communal living that involves a system of authority in order to work. Because of this condition, people are subjected to follow orders or submit to the will of others. Through this, obedience has…

What form of civil disobedience would work best against a nation that functioned under a social contract that make racism, sexism classism, and ageism legal? I believe the best form of civil disobedience that would against this type of social contract would be egoism. With this form of civil disobedience anyone would do what he…

Disobedience in the human history began with an act of noncompliance. Failure or refusal to obey regulations or in governments and spiritual religions. Is this. nevertheless. a bad thing? Erich Fromm would reason the capacity for noncompliance the status for freedom. In Erich Fromm’s “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem. ” Mr. Fromm described….

To what degree does maintaining obedience to authority lead to aggressive or violent behavior? After reading The Lottery and The Stanford Prison Experiment, I believe that I can answer this question, as both passages helped me develop analogies on this subject by comparing their concepts with real life situations. While they are both very different…

Obedience is the act of obeying orders from others in the form of dutiful or submissive behaviour. We often don’t notice how much of an influence people have on our behaviour, and there are many different factors which affect the way we act. For example, the people we are with, the level of authority that…

Throughout human history, obedience has been regarded as essential, with the prevailing belief that one should unquestionably obey authority. This belief is rooted in the notion that showing respect and compliance towards authority figures will lead to success in all aspects of life. The concept of obedience extends beyond specific scenarios and can be demonstrated…

Obedience to Authority No human social organization can function without some degree of obedience to authority, as the alternative would be anarchy leading to total chaos. Hence we find some sort of a hierarchy in both the most underdeveloped and the most civilized societies where certain individuals exercise authority over others. Almost everyone will agree…