This paper mainly
discusses the uncertain and the dubious fact of disobedience versus the
obedience in the human character and the natural history of human. It will
provide the facts and arguments on the subject of disobedience. The normal
perspective of a common man is that the person who follows obedience is the
best and always does the things right while the person who follows disobedience
is a corrupt person and is not able to be trusted. It is normally said that obedience is a high
virtue thing while disobedience is a fault.
Disobedience is
actually an action; to be obedient is very easy you just have to move with the
stream. To be acting disobediently means to take a risk and a disobedient
person nearly for all time realizes the penalty of his actions. Therefore it
can be said that disobedience is an expression of character, thoughts and
constructive approach. It is also one step ahead when it is compared to obedience,
as it can possibly result in some changes or innovations. A person has not only
a lawful but a moral duty to obey just laws. On the contrary, a person has a
moral duty to disobey the unjust laws. (Luther, 1963). Disobedience is also evident
of someone’s ethical and moral values whereas obedience does not give an opportunity
to express these morals.
It is rightly said
that history set in motion with an act of disobedience and it is not improbable
that it will be ended by doing some act of obedience. It has been come into account that
all the great things that have happened in the history of humans are just
because of the acts of disobedience, if disobedience will not be performed than
anything new will not be created. Each man is free to make his own decisions,
he is able to do whatever he wants by his own choice, without the influence of
society, or even his own conscious. Most people follow obedience just because they think
that obedience provides them social security and a feeling of respect. Each man
should stand against the rules and should tell the world that what he is saying
might be true he does not have to be right only if he follows obedience, each
one should have the courage to go against the society and against the laws of
obedience to create something new, innovating and fresh. Fresh ideas and new
inventions will only take place when an act of disobedience is observed.
Fromm (2011) had said
that people have evolved just because the act of disobedience, if it will not
be present among the humans than they will be in a still place, nothing would
have been created. He says that if disobedience is not observed then it means
that the people involved are not able to think their own ways they just follow
the things they are told is right for them. But as it is applied to every thing
that extremism is not favorable in all ways, in such a way all obedience is not
bad and all acts of disobedience is not right also. A person has to decide that
which act is favorable for him than judge it on the scale of obedience and
disobedience. He has divided obedience into two categories i.e. heteronomous obedience and autonomous
obedience. The first one refers to the obedience to a person or any institution
that involves the renunciation of our independence and the acceptance of the
other’s will and the autonomous is an affirmation, one’s own assurance and
judgment that is a part of a person. The first can be said to the obedience to
exterior thoughts and power while the second one is said to be the ability to
be and to judge one’s own self.
The counter argument
to this topic presents the view that if disobedience to laws will be observed then
peace will start to demolish. The ethical values will be neglected and the
world will present a picture of people living in a criminal situation. They say
that laws are made to be followed so that people could live a healthy, peaceful
and steady life with no hustle and bustle. Disobedience can be performed in the
favor of mankind’s interest or against their interests to harm their feelings. When
crimes such as thefts and murders occur, they are all an act of disobedience in
the reaction of hate, gain or personal malevolence. Civil disobedience is the
law breaking but in certain situations only. It results into crimes. (Feinberg,
1992)
Disobedience is only expressed when people find courage in their selves to
think aloud and stand up for their ideas and decisions. If a man only obeys all
the laws then it will be just like to act as a slave that you can not think of
anything to make your way. It can be concluded
that if blind obedience to the authority is observed that declare the absolute
nonsense which does not seize, then the humanity will destroy the civilization
and all life upon earth. Thus in the process of evolution and change
disobedience is necessary but it should be performed within the laws of
humanity.
Works Cited
- Fromm, Erich (2011).
DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM. WARAC
- Luther King, Martin (1963). LETTER
FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL. Bates College. < http://abacus.bates.edu/admin/offices/dos/mlk/letter.html
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- Feinberg, Joel (1992). Freedom and Fulfillment: Philosophical Essays. Princeton University Press
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