Majority rule

disagree about a certain situation or idea, but go along with it anyway. A person may internally believe that this action is wrong or worthless, but the reason they do it, is to not stand out or publicly make a scene. These people fall victim to "majority rule" (Myers, 2013). Instead of sticking to their beliefs, they conform to gain acceptance or praise (Myers, 2013). Obedience is the act of conforming due to a command from someone else, usually of higher authority. Milgram performed an experiment

One of the basis that a democracy follows by is the ability to protect the rights of the minorities, so that everyone’s voice can be heard and respected. In an article called “Majority Rules, Minority Rights” by Elizabeth Bisbeth Silber, Bisbeth Silber talks about how in the United States, the majority rules, but the minority has the right to rights, and explains how the U.S. has to follow the rights given to its citizens. Bisbeth Silver writes, “A sizable number of Americans might loathe

This is a generalization of the effect, but this geo-political representation can also be shown on a smaller or larger scale. Residents of small towns usually affiliate with the same political party and the majority residents of a larger region will usually affiliate with the same party. This is where the idea of the conservative south or liberal north comes from. The fact that people automatically conform to those around them has negative repercussions in more

Fuzzy logic based N Version Programming for improving Software Fault Tolerance Introduction: The N-version software concept attempts to parallel the traditional hardware fault tolerance concept of N-way redundant hardware. In an N-version software system, each module is made with up to N different implementations. Each variant accomplishes the same task, but hopefully in a different way. Each version then submits its answer to voter or decider which determines the correct answer, (hopefully

Freedom of Speech Must be Granted for All Americans An educated family man dedicated to saving lives and easing the suffering of others was shot down and killed in the early morning light outside of his office simply because of his beliefs and the job he performs (ABC News). There was rioting and death in a distant country resulting from the remarks of a religious speaker (ABC News). A businessman on a plane trip was taken from his seat without explanation and interrogated for hours based solely

Historically in America, voting has been a relatively discriminatory practice. It has limited and deprived many individuals of many diverse races, ethnicities, and walks of life from casting their votes to select the individual who they feel is most educated, and skilled to represent their interests. Not only has this been proven to be wrong by discriminating minority groups in voting, it also has proved to be a process, which minimizes the largest growing demographics in the country. Furthermore

Thoreau believes that in a government that is ruled by the majority vote, or the majority rule, the government itself is answering to the requests of the strongest group, and in most cases, the strongest group is not the group with the best intentions, in terms of virtue or thoughts. Thoreau describes “the majority [of the governed] … [are not] most likely to be right… but they are physically the strongest.” He believes that the majority have their requests answered due to their strength. Shortly

in the backrooms of school libraries, The House on Mango Street and Uncle Tom’s Cabin are hidden away, stories of minorities boxed in by cardboard and majority rule. While America’s student body becomes increasingly diverse (and schools rush to adapt), some say curriculum has stayed monochromatic by regularly painting the story of the white majority while failing to represent minority backgrounds and experiences fairly and leaving minority students struggling to relate to texts presented in the classroom

Going by Rosabeth Kanter’s labels of women workers, she would be seen as an Iron Maiden. She is clearly competent, more so than the majority of her fellow trainees, but when she is challenged by other trainees or has problems with other trainees, then she becomes cold and harsh to the individuals and as a result works harder to prove herself in her field. Moreover, after finally making

and capital budgets, pricing of the power produced. These are the most significant activities regarding the economic performance of Florabama. According to the case information, these decisions are presented to the board and implemented by a simple majority vote among the ten members of the board of