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    We as a society conform to the idea that it is always necessary to obey authority. This is such a normalized function of everyday life, that it has resulted in us losing sight of our own moral convictions. Not every act of this expected obedience is conscious. We have fell into the habit of obeying first and asking questions later. Even worse than that, we have developed a more destructive habit of not questioning authority at all. Our moral judgements have became clouded by our understanding of

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    Obey or Disobedience

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    AMO Obey Or Disobedience ROUGH DRAFT In the story by Fromm, his outlook on obedience and disobedience is that we have the ability to obey but the capacity to disobey is something that society has influenced us to do naturally. Obedience and disobedience has always been part of a never ending cycle that is consistently going round and round. Throughout history it has been evident that soldier’s obey their commander’s, that knights uphold the ruling of their king, and that their disobedience

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    To Obey or Disobey

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    (724) Universities over time have done a lot of research trying to understand why people obey and disobey. Most people believe they are good and trustworthy. These individuals feel no matter what occurs they will always try to do the right thing in their day to day life. In The Perils of Obedience, Milgram tells of a woman “that the last shock

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    Obey At Any Cost?

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    Obey at Any Cost?- Research Study 1. The researcher in this experiment was psychologist, Stanley Milgram. The study took place at Yale University in the year 1963. The researcher’s hypothesis was that if there is a demanding authoritive figure, then the other person will obey that authoritive figure just because of their position, even if it violates their morality and their ethical beliefs. He based this of his theory that people who would never hurt someone purposely, would if told to do so by

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    As an American citizen, I believe it is the American people’s duty and responsibility to obey the law, pay taxes, and serve in court. The law provided by our system of government allows for optimum function and potential required for a nation to thrive. Obeying the law leads to a safe and protected society which is beneficial to the American people. And remember, the law also makes sure the leaders of our country to do exploit its citizens. Those who break the law, whether it be local, state or

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    The law is a system of rules that govern the people in the country or community making them responsible for their actions. Failure to oblige by these rules is punishable, and a penalty is always enforced on the people who do not obey the law. The law also consists of the procedures that should be followed for the people to live responsibly and also what should be done on those who do not follow the rules. As provided in the U.S Constitution under the Eight Amendment, a bail consists of the amount

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    I believe that individuals in collectivistic cultures tend to obey an authority figure more than individuals in individualistic cultures. In collectivism, cooperation is the norm; people are expected to conform to the community, and interdependence is highly valued. The interest of the community is always taken into consideration when problems arise, when decisions are made, and when conflicts erupt. However, having read about the obedience experiments performed at Yale in the 1960s by professor

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    ‘Must we only obey a just law; should we obey a law because it is just to do so; or else can we not obey at all?' ESSAY The questions that shall be answered in this essay are ‘Must we only obey a just law?', ‘Should we obey a law because it is just to do so?' and ‘Or else, can we not obey at all?' Before we can answer these questions it is important to establish what is meant by the term ‘just'. ‘Just' in this case means ‘morally just', I think, but differences of opinion exist as to its meaning

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    The Obey Spotlight: “Designer Edition” At the age of 17, Obey “Jordan” Cyno has realized a dream of designing for The Obey Alliance. In the early months of 2015, Cyno experienced taking part of various teams before being given the opportunity of joining Obey in March of 2015. Being in for just over one month, due to various roster changes Cyno was promoted to become the “co-leader” of the Obey Studios division. Although, serving a lengthy role in the team. It became a harsh

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    Our text defines conformity as “going along with the crowd” page 318. I believe we conform and obey because depending on how we were raised that’s all we know. Most of us as kids were told that we must respect and obey in order to gain trust. “Trust is another vital part of prosocial behavior among humans” page 318 For example, I conform and obey because I was raised with the principles that we must respect others and elders if we want the same type of respect back. Some people on the other hand

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