Summary-Response Two In Erich Fromm’s "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem‚” he develops notions based upon the relationship of obedience and disobedience‚ and the different aspects that interfere with a person’s choice to go against power‚ and the impact that history has made on the matter. He discusses how Adam and Eve’s choice is oftentimes viewed as a means of disobeying their creator‚ but he takes a contradictory approach to say that without disobedience‚ there would be no change
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are tackled in this research. Lastly‚ the thesis statements or the researcher’s tentative answer to the problem statements were also presented in this chapter. Background of the Study This pure philosophical study is an exposition of Erich Fromm’s concept of love. The researcher analyzed the text The Art of Loving which explains the philosopher’s conception of love. He cited five various objects of love in his work namely‚ brotherly love‚ motherly love‚ erotic love‚ self-love and love of
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Nikolovska 1 Summary Erich Fromm is a distinguished German writer‚ who has large interests in psychology‚ philosophy‚ sociology and history. In his essay” Disobedience as a psychological and moral problem”‚ he discusses and compares the different kinds of obedience and disobedience‚ and how they can have a positive or negative impact on the human society. In order to proof and give example for his view‚ Erich Fromm gives a very convenient reference‚ about the
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“Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem‚” by Erich Fromm Summary Disobedience in the human history began with an act of disobedience‚ Failure or refusal to obey rules or in authorities and religious faiths. Is this‚ however‚ a bad thing? Erich Fromm would argue the capacity for disobedience the condition for freedom. In Erich Fromm’s “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem‚” Mr. Fromm described‚ People must want obey‚ instead fearing to disobey. Erich Fromm
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DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM 1 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Summaries Name Class Professor Date DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM 2 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Erich Fromm’s essay “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” suggests that humankind’s
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“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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Erich Fromm is a German psychologist explored human freedom. He wrote about the two folds of human freedom‚ which are‚ the freedom “from” traditional authorities such as the state and (2) the freedom “for” actualizing one’s individual destiny. In his work about the Freedom in History‚ Fromm argues that the people came to understand the real meaning of freedom in the 20th century. They thus fight to defend it. This is because it brings a lot of joy to the people‚ therefore prompting them to devise
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“Disobedience as a Physiological and Moral Problem‚” ‚” is written by Erich Fromm and in his 1963 essay Fromm argues that obedience is the virtue and disobedience the vice. (Fromm 403). Fromm sees disobedience as a vital to our society and that blind obedience is bad‚ and he uses many examples to try to convince us of this belief. I believe that Fromm has some very good points and makes a strong argument. I agree with many of the main points he makes and his appeal to those are used great in his
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Disobedience To Authority Disobedience has alway been thought as a sin. Is this always the case? Sin has always been associated with disobedience‚ but try to think of it from a different perspective. Disobeying authority allows for a change in freedoms‚ and these changes cause a change in the populous‚ as well as a change in the authority that we are disobeying. If it can do all of these things‚ then is it really a bad form of communication to authority? In my opinion it is not because sometimes
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Oscar Wilde’s quote‚ “Disobedience in the eyes of anyone who has read history‚ is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made‚ through disobedience and rebellion‚” means that with disobedience many rights movements can progress. This statement is valid‚ we can prove this through the history of our nation. Our country would not even exist if the early peoples of the thirteen colonies did not revolt against the British. The British had employed heavy taxes on the
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