Total Domination and Forced Obedience Total domination and forced obedience is not a constructive or efficient way to lead others. For example‚ Lao-tzu says that a good leader or government should let their citizens or subjects live their lives the way they want to. “When the Master governs‚ the people are hardly aware that he exists.” (A World Of Ideas pg. 22) Hannah Ardent is the exact opposite. She says “Total domination‚ which strives to organize the infinite plurality and differentiation
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the field of Psychology has prospered‚ giving way to a more in depth knowledge and understanding of people’s social interactions with one another and what drives those connections. 20th century psychologist‚ Stanley Milgram‚ executed a series of Obedience to Authority test on random participants. As seen in the YouTube videos online and in class‚ Milgram’s study found that over 65% of the participants carried out the experiment‚ despite potentially hurting someone‚ due to the authority figure urging
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our moral of ethnical problem with the order that are ordain to us? Regarding this matter of disobedience as being “a psychological and moral problem” according to the author Eric Fromm‚ I would like to point out the concept of “autonomous obedience‚” which gives us an opportunity to rely on our “own powers and to become fully human‚” hence gaining our own knowledge‚ intellect‚ independence and freedom by being dictate by our very own “humanistic conscience” that helps and guides us to
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Devin Crockrel Shannon Smith Eng 112 18 June 2013 Obedience to Authority: “The Stanford Prison Experiment” “The Stanford Prison Experiment” was a well-known and controversial study. It took place in 1973 and delved into the human psyche behind roles of authority‚ and obedience. The setting was a controlled prison environment at Stanford University. The experiment was meant to study the process in which “guards” and “prisoners” learn to become obedient‚ and an authoritarian. The subjects
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There are a lot of Drug Related Gangs‚ but one Gang in particular rules the Atlanta Area. The Black Mafia Family. When you hear about BMF you knew that they had a lot of money and access to drugs‚ they would fight if they had to‚ and they love to Party. Atlanta is known for a nice southern area in Georgia‚ everybody is very friendly in the city‚ and Black‚ Whites and all types get along. Over the years Atlanta has begun to become a drug city‚ for crack cocaine‚ marijuana‚ and ecstasy. Atlanta has
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The book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia talks about Joseph D. Pistone life as an undercover agent in the mob. This book start off by Joseph posing as a jewel theft named Donnie and Benjamin “Lefty Guns” Ruggierro trying to sell a diamond. Then the book moves to Lefty showing Donnie how to act around the mob and introducing to people by say “This is a friend of mine”. With Lefty introducing Donnie as an associate to the mob he became well like and moved up in the mob quickly. After
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social psychologist Stanley Milgram investigated the impact of authority figure on obedience in an experiment perhaps known as the best-known study in social psychology (Fiske‚ 2008). Also‚ the motivation for Stanley to conduct this experiment is to understand why individuals will engage in horrific acts that put others in imminent danger that can lead to severe harm. However‚ Stanley (1963) concluded that obedience to authority persist due to fear or a desire to appear in compliant with directives
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Stanley Milgram conducted the Behavioral Study of Obedience at Yale University while following the layout of the scientific method. He defines the problem by explaining the definition of obedience on its uses in society‚ particularly how it has contributed to the death of many. He wanted to investigate if obedience‚ which for some is a deeply ingrained behavior‚ can override a person’s ethics ( Milgram‚ 371). There were 40 male participants between the ages of 20 and 50 from New Haven and surrounding
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In the article entitled “Think for Yourself: The Danger of Blind Obedience‚” Michael Hess discusses the tendency that people have to follow rules without thinking of the implications of their actions – or inaction. Particularly‚ Hess discusses this type of conformity within the confines of business settings. He uses an example of an emergency dispatcher‚ who’s employer prohibited her from performing CPR or offering similar help to those in need. She denied help to a woman who had stopped breathing
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Discuss ethical issues arising from studies of obedience to authority. Ethics are standards which distinguish between what is right and wrong‚ and psychological studies must comply with certain ethical guidelines. Studies face issues regarding whether the study is acceptable and justified. Some of these guidelines include deception‚ consent‚ psychological harm‚ right to withdraw‚ confidentiality and a thorough debriefing‚ which were produced to help psychologists resolve ethical issues in research
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