Everyone disobeys at one point in their life. They either lie to their parents or hide something from a friend or talk back to a teacher. No one in the world is perfect. In 1891,an Irish author by the name of Oscar Wilde once stated,” Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made and through rebellion.” Oscar Wilde defended that disobedience is a beneficial human trait and it boosts social progress. Disobedience is indeed a valuable human characteristic because it could lead to individuals to stand up for what they believe in, learn right from wrong, and allows society to progress.
Quite often, disobedience is seen as a dishonorable or bad thing
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If Martin Luther King Jr. never stood up for the rights of African-Americans, they wouldn’t be considered equals. Even though he disobeyed the law, King was standing up for what he believed in.Without Martin Luther King, no one would have stood up for the African-Americans. Despite the fact that he got arrested, people, even white people, begun to become influenced by his protests and his speeches, especially his I Have A Dream speech. King disobeyed many laws and even went to jail.All of that was to progress society. He knew what the consequences of civil disobedience was, but to him none of those consequences mattered because he knew that if he were to keep on going and get his voice out there, society will change. Rosa Parks stood up for her beliefs. She refused to stand up on the bus for a white person. She broke the law, the police arrested her, America had heard what she did, and is now looked at as a Civil Rights heroine. Their actions brought this country together as one. Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and many others are now viewed as the reason for progressive societies. Without them disobeying the law and speaking out against authorities societies in America and in many other countries around the world would be completely different. This country would be split right down the middle. For example, blacks and whites would not be considered equals, Great Britain would …show more content…
If a boy were to pull his sister’s hair right in front of his mother, she would yell and punish him for what he did. From then on, he would know not to pull his sister’s hair. Look at all the inmates who get out of jail and start a whole new life without even thinking about going back to the life they had before being imprisoned. Scientist conducted a twenty year prison study to see how many prisoners went back to jail. They concluded that with treatment could result in a twenty one percent difference in the incarceration rate. This is the equivalent to 147,000 released offenders each year. This also led them to conclude that roughly 2,940,000 released offenders over twenty years would not go back to prison. This is because they disobeyed the law, went to jail, learned their lesson with some help of others or a treatment plan, and realized they were never going to go back. That shows how the action they once thought to be right was actually wrong. Not only is it past offenders but it could be adults. For example, an individual is entering a new job and it is their first of work. They enter with clothing that is work appropriate but it is not apart of the work’s uniform. The worker disobeyed the job’s dress code, but learned the right time to wear certain clothing and when not to. Disobedience taught them to learn what is right and what is
Irish author, Oscar Wilde, once said, “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” Disobedience is the failure or refusal to obey rules. Wilde claims that disobedience is a trait that is vital to social progress. In the play, “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare follows the life of a prosperous Roman politician who surround himself around deceitful people. Caesar’s was stabbed to death by his associate, Brutus, who was motivated by Cassius, Caesar’s other associate.Caesar’s largest support system came from Antony. The characters in Julius Caesar proves that disobedience is a trait that is critical to human progression.
Disobedience is a valuable human traits because through disobedience it have bring great change in the society which have impact all people around the world. For example people who disobedience the law to bring change in their society are such as Martin Luther king, Malala yousafzai, and Mahatma gandhi. These three people had a great impact on people's lives and change the society forever by disobedience.
Human beings possess several virtues that differentiate them from other creatures and can use them in ways that represent their perceptions of social order. Surprisingly, Oscar Wilde believes that disobedience is an original virtue of every human and that it is responsible for progress and development. While Wilde’s claim is not entirely accurate, it is largely valid as evidenced by the recent events across the world, including the US, that have led to positive outcomes in spite of being termed and perceived as acts of disobedience.
Martin Luther King Jr. is an idol for most people; Rosa Parks was one of them. She admired his bold integrity to stand up for what is right in equality. Dr. King was a light to the world, because people wanted things to change, but they were afraid. They did not want to be arrested or attacked. They could boycott. They could refuse to ride the buses. That would cost the city a lot of money. The city and bus officials would not like that. This was a way Dr. King was standing up for Rosa. I added Dr. King to Rosa’s friends, because I felt he made a great impact on her life. If it weren’t for Martin Luther King’s heroic act in taking charge of the situation, Rosa Parks may have been in jail longer than intended, with a possible worse penalty.
Disobedience is an important force in our society and helps bring about necessary social progress because it will lead to superior lives for its citizens. Oscar Wilde believed that through disobedience there is man’s original virtue. He asserts that civil disobedience promotes social progress. I agree with Wilde's belief because looking throughout centuries, society has shown a variety of situations with the act of practicing disobedience,and have achieved their goal.
Disobedience is the failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority. Disobedience like obedience becomes a virtue. Disobedience can prove that a person can stand against what they think is wrong and what they believe. In the past, there has been people that fought for what they thought was correct and made a change in the world. Like Irish Oscar Wilde once said, “It is through disobedience that progress has been made…,” I believe only the courageous will stand for themselves and for what they believe. Just like Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King did.
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” Henry David Thoreau, a well known essayist, wrote: Walden. Thoreau supports Wilde’s claim of disobedience promoting social progress. He mentions that people who live in obedience are not living at all. Progress is defined as a forward or onward movement toward a destination. The only way society can progress is through evolution, as people grow from a simple neanderthal to complex modern humans like us. And in order to evolve, there must be a break in pattern: disobedience-failure or refusal to obey rules in authority. There is no development if everyone is a collective mind. Examples are seen in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 with the protagonist, Montag,
Disobedience always comes with a reason, some do it to go against something that is wrong others do it for attention or because they do not care about the situation. When there is an unjust law that is putting someone down or is oppressing it, people will begin to go against the law and not stand around while everyone including themselves gets hurt. Just Laws are to help and to keep everyone safe and unjust laws are made for minorities to stay away from the high-class group who want nothing with them. Sadly today there are still unjust laws to put people down but they are not standing around to let it happen. Martin Luther King could not watch his brothers and sisters be constantly put down so he went against unjust laws to stand his grounds. Antigone shared similarities when she went against king Creon rules rule to not bury her brother Polyneicês, she knew the consequences but paid no minds and stood her ground and kept doing what she has planned to do.
Disobedience is a trait needed to remove unfair rules and laws. Socially, disobedience against the government has had significant backlash. However, disobedience against
I strongly agree with what Oscar Wilde’s statement. Stating that “disobedience is man’s original virtue” is saying that we as people know more about disobedience than anything else. Many people would say that disobedience holds a great deal with the way people carry themselves. To not accept disobedience, you will have to work really hard on how you can change that and make things better. There are many different types of disobedience. For example, there is civil disobedience which carries a great deal with the law and how you act to the laws.
The author exemplifies the ways that disobedience helps the society and its contribution to furthering the human race but notes on the fact that blind obedience may eventually account for the end of civilization.
In 1891, Irish author Oscar Wilde observed,” Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience and through rebellion. Sometimes negatives bring positives.
Disobedience is necessary to aid civilization in prevalent ways because it is sometimes the only option to obtain change and justice for the greater good. The government establishment of laws that only affect minorities and not the people that pass the law, has led individuals to rebel against the authority to obtain equality for humanity. If it were not for all those people that fought sedulously for moral justification, for equality of human rights, our nation would not be as
“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in” (Parks). I was tired, tired of being oppressed, and tired of being stepped on by the law, and my fellow people. That was the only tired i felt. The Montgomery Bus protest sparked a fire that would be felt throughout the entire country, and it was the spark that ignited the fire of the civil rights movement that shook the world. The boycott was the first of it, once light was shown on the problem, she began travelling cross country spreading information about civil rights, and sparking more peaceful protest. Rosa Parks was an important figure that changed the direction of the United States of America. She was trying to get home from work that day, but she turned into an icon for the civil rights movement, and shined a light on the unfair treatment of african americans.
There have been certain individuals and events that have been present in our history that have embellished the importance of disobedience. In the speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” by Malcolm X states , “ Any time you demonstrate against segregation and a man has the audacity to put a police dog on you , kill that dog ,kill him,i'm telling you,kill that dog.“ X indicates that you must use violence to fight for justice.This validates Wilde’s claim that disobedience is a man virtue because once your natural rights are violated you are granted with the authority of defending them .Once an immense amount of change occurs, they will realize that disobedience is the successful way to make social progress . With activiste being aware of the following consequences the overall goal was to seek for change. Martin Luther King jr. was a civil rights activist during the civil rights movement . In his letter from the