“Human history began with an act of disobedience‚ and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience” (Fromm‚ 1981‚ ¶1). Comparing this statement to the historical idea that obedience is a virtue and disobedience is a vice is the basis of Erich Fromm’s essay entitled “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” (1981). Referencing historical and biblical accounts‚ Fromm claims that mankind was not human until the point of the first disobedient act‚ at which point the
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Age at Test (Days) Date Tested Air Cured Cubes Water Cured Cubes Water Cured Cylinder SSD Mass (kg) Ultimate Load (kN) Compressive Strength (N/mm2) SSD Mass (kg) Ultimate Load (kN) Compressive Strength (N/mm2) SSD Mass (kg) Ultimate Load (kN) Compressive Strength (N/mm2) 7 17 Jan 2.210 313.0 31.30 2.268 334.0 33.40 21 31 Jan 2.270 374.0 37.40 2.270 451.3 45.13 55 5 Mar 2.290 498.6 49.86 2.356 462.2 46.22 12.198 542.3 30.69 Age at Test (Days) Reading Air Cured Prism Water
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Summary on Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem People have said that “obedience is a virtue and that disobedience is a vice‚” for centuries. History of the humankind was started by an act of disobedience and it is not very unlikely that it will end by an act of obedience. Adam and Eve‚ being part of nature in the Garden Of Eden‚ had disobeyed an order. By disobeying the order they made man emerge “from a pre-human harmony and was able to take the first step into independence
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Pile Foundation Design: A Student Guide Ascalew Abebe & Dr Ian GN Smith School of the Built Environment‚ Napier University‚ Edinburgh (Note: This Student Guide is intended as just that - a guide for students of civil engineering. Use it as you see fit‚ but please note that there is no technical support available to answer any questions about the guide!) PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE There are many texts on pile foundations. Generally‚ experience shows us that undergraduates find most of these
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Indecisive disobedience occurs when the individuals in the experiment try to disobey in different ways‚ but they were ineffective at it. I believe that the Milgram experiment was more about indecisive disobedience‚ rather than destructive obedience. The subjects of Milgram’s experiment were consciously aware that what they were doing was wrong‚ since it brought great pain to the “learner‚” but because they were instructed by a legitimate authority to continue the experience‚ they obeyed the experimenter
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Some of the greatest American writers of the nineteenth century wrote about a theme of the individual. Two that come to mind when writing about the individual are Henry David Thoreau who wrote "Civil Disobedience" and Walt Whitman who wrote "One’s-Self I Sing." Thoreau was known for being an individualist‚ who fought against materialism and social conformity. Whitman was similar to Thoreau in that he too took powerful and devoted stands against the social and cultural directions of individuals. Whitman
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Capital Punishment may be the only justifiable answer for the most heinous of crimes. Could Capital Punishment be proven as a beneficial solution to over half a century of controversy? Taking into consideration there is many valid points that can be made to argue the topic however‚ many claims can be defeated by insightful counterclaims. One of the few prime examples is the age old saying‚ “an eye for an eye.” If someone were to brutally murder‚ and take a life‚ “why should that person get to live
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Enrich Fromm’s article “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” talks about how and why people do not like to disobey and what goes on in their mind when thinking about an action. Fromm explains that disobeying can change the morality of a person. In Enrich Fromm’s article he further explains‚ “Their act of disobedience broke the primary bond with nature and made them individuals.” Solomon E. Asch’s article “Opinions
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Martin King and Henry Thoreau both write persuasive expositions that oppose majority ideals and justify their own causes. While this similarity is clear‚ the two essays‚ "Letters from Birmingham Jail" by King and "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau‚ do have their fair share of differences. Primarily in the causes themselves‚ as King persuades white‚ southern clergy men that segregation is an evil‚ unjust law that should be defeated through the agitation of direct protesting‚ and Thoreau‚ writing to a
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Disobedience has been involved in human society since the very beginning. To some people‚ disobedience is only seen as a detriment to society and progress but that’s just not true. Disobedience is a valuable human trait that promotes social progress because disobedience allows us to learn from the actions of the deviant‚ get results that wouldn’t be possible with obedient means‚ and it gives others examples of bad behavior and the consequences of acting that way. Disobedience allows us to learn
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