Civil Disobedience And Blind Obedience

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Unfortunately for anarchists, civilization and social order commences when people sign away their natural rights and submit to authority in exchange for protection from others outside of the society that has been formed. Some civilizations such as North Korea, demand more submission to authority than others. While it important to maintain respect for the rules of society, there are boundaries that indicate the difference between followership for protection, and blind obedience. With total obedience, society becomes more dangerous because the leaders of it can push whatever ideologies they want. The point at which obedience to an authority figure becomes dangerous is when society pushes people to become a hivemind which rejects ideologies of …show more content…

Fueled by extreme nationalism, these three dictatorships designed their systems of submission by the people to cater to the needs of the state as whole, and not to better society so the individual can innovate and further it. While some civilizations such as Nazi Germany did contribute a lot to the world through invention, this innovation was done through the people who did not have to submit to authority simply because they were a part of the government or military that oppressed others (“German Inventions of the Nazi Period.”) The average person who does not have to worry about submitting to authority has more time to think about how they can contribute or better the place they live …show more content…

For example, a nurse once allowed a patient to die because her employer prohibited medical staff from administering CPR or helping patients in similar ways (Hess.) Because of a worker that was scared of getting fired, blind obedience to rules caused a person to die. Rules are a great thing to help guide employees with standard procedures and duties, but blind obedience to the rules of anything can possibly blur the lines behind right and wrong. Employees who are blindly obedient and hide behind company policies tend to do so because they fear the consequences if they fail to do so, in addition to an inherent need to protect the place they work at (Hess.) Everyone at a job needs an authority figure such as a boss to look up to so they can continue to have a job, but minimal rules will keep the employees focused on the job at hand to serve others, not to follow a bunch of rules to keep their cash flow. On a much more darker side, some people exploit blind obedience to their own dangerous ideologies. For example; “Aum Shinrikyo which was responsible for attacks using a deadly nerve gas in sixteen Tokyo subway stations in 1995. Although the movement’s beginnings seemed innocuous, Aum began demanding unquestioning dedication to his vision” (Davo.) Although many ideologies help bring people together to cause change, some authority

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