The Bait-al-taa or House of Obedience is a provision in Islam law which gives husbands the right to demand obedience from their wives. If a woman leaves her husband’s home without his permission he has the right to force her to come back. The husband can claim “nushaz” or disobedience and order her to come back with a qadi (judgement.) Once the woman returns she stays either at her husband’s home or in another living area (House of Obedience) which provides the woman with essential necessities. Divorce
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experiments that had to deal with obedience. Zimbardo conducted an experiment in a mock prison that showed the roles of the guards and prisoners. Milgram conducted an experiment that tested how much pain a teacher would inflict on someone else at the command of an experimenter. The experiments that they conducted have been called wrong and unethical. Although the experiments vary from each other‚ they both changed the way the world looks at obedience and Authority. Zimbardo wrote the Article over
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Authority People in charge are flawed human beings as well as the rest‚ so they do not always make the right moral decisions. Authority figures tend to make mistakes when choosing what actions to take when necessary‚ therefore their ideas should always be questioned. Hitler is a great example of someone who should have been questioned. Jack from Lord of the Flies is also another instance in which someone’s decision’s should be investigated. Even though someone is in charge‚ does not mean they always
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Conformity and Obedience Task: outline and evaluate findings from conformity and obedience research and consider explanations for conformity (and non-conformity)‚ as well as evaluating Milgram’s studies of obedience (including ethical issues). The following essay will be about understanding what is meant by and distinguishing the differences between the terms conformity and obedience. It will show the evaluation of two key psychological studies which seek to explain why people do and do not conform
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| |Ensure that you make 2 – 3 good point/elaborations | 2) When a teacher tells you to do something‚ it usual for you to obey. Using your knowledge of factors that have been found to affect obedience‚ explain why you might obey in this situation (6 marks). |Have you? Please tick.
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Conformity and Obedience Assignment In this assignment I intend to evaluate Stanley Milgrams studies of obedience and in particular the ethical issues broken. I hope to determine whether the knowledge gained justifies his experiments. After the destruction and atrocities committed in World War II many historians argued that there must be some sort of character defect that made the German people more obedient. Mailgram’s study was an attempt to test ‘the Germans are different’ hypothesis. The
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CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE * CONFORMITY * A change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure. – Meyer * is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group. * can also be simply defined as “yielding to group pressures”. * is often used to indicate an agreement to the majority position‚ brought about either by * a desire to ‘fit in’ * or be liked (normative) * or because of a
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AUTHORITY – Authority is that power which is exercised legitimately. All powers cannot be legitimate. Authority and legitimacy both depend on values‚ beliefs and attitude of the masses. Example of Authority: A robber who forces bank manager to handover cash on a gunpoint is not exercising “authority”. But when a police officer is controlling traffic and can use the threat of a fine or jail sentence‚ he is exercising authority. It is an investment in a legitimate form of power‚ it is profitable
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Is it necessary to challenge authority? Without question‚ it is vital to challenge the ideas and decisions of people in positions of authority. If one does not question authority‚ the people of the so called “no in positions of authority” would become mindless slaves to tyrants and despots. World history‚ literature‚ and American History all exemplify the necessity of questioning authority. During ancient Greece in the 200 BCE’s‚ modern logical thinking began to see its birth. The man known for
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psychological‚ and in many instances‚ religious‚ moral‚ and spiritual. Our indebtedness to our parents is so immense that it is not possible to repay it fully. In lieu of this‚ it becomes obligatory for us to show the utmost kindness‚ respect‚ and obedience to our parents. The position of parents‚ and the mutual obligations and responsibilities‚ have been addressed in Islam in great detail. The Qur’anic commandments‚ as well as the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (sawaws) guide us in this matter. The parent-child
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