Obedience

A detailed Summary of Obedience

Though conforming to group is the easiest option, standing up for what you believe shows you to be a person of character. If a person doesn't use their morals to make decisions, there is much more room for conflict. People that are easily suggestible probably have a harder time determining what the right thing to do is. When a person reaches a certain maturity level he/she is forced to start deciding what the right thing to do is. They are no longer able to get away with doing what a group they belong to wants.

A great example of someone who did not follow the group was Martin Luther. At a time when he could be thrown in jail for speaking bad against the catholic church, he stood up for what he believed. His goal was not to start a new religion but reform the one that was already there. By posting the "diet of worms" he told catholic officials where he thought the church had problems. Luther knew he could be severely punished but decided to take that risk to do what was right. He was not being pressured into doing this by anyone. He simply knew it was the right thing to do and knew he had to do it.

Because most people are members of more than one group, and sometimes those groups have conflicting interests, a person wh

Taking orders is no reason to commit a crime. When Adolph Eichman was put on trial for the crimes he committed in the concentration camps, he claimed he was just following orders. He felt his life would be in danger if he didn't take the lives of many jews. This shows the little respect he had for Jewish lives. He felt his life was more important than the Jews lives and so he should be able to save his own neck by killing many Jews. Another person, that didn't hate Jews, could not follow orders to torture and kill people. There has to be a point where you stop being a soldier and start being a human.

A person that is counting on a group to make decisions will have a harder time determining what the "right" thing to do is. Most children start out morally sound but ditch their morals when trying to gain acceptance with a certain crowd. Studies show that "peer pressure" is one of the biggest factors in whether a child will experiment with harmful substances or not. Though the kids know these substances are bad and may harm their bodies, they feel they must use them to gain acceptance. Because the kids are in a very awkward time in their lives, they want to feel normal by having their personality defined by a group.

o is relying on a group to make a decision will have a very hard time. I find it the hardest to make a decision when I am being pushed in opposite directions by different groups. My paren

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