Outline & Evaluate one or more Explanations of Why People Obey. There are many reasons as to why people obey which have been justified gradually over several decades. Milgram (1974) argued the fact that in an obedience situation‚ people tend to pass all sense of responsibility onto the authoritative figure. Milgram said that people are in an autonomous state when taking their responsibility but move into an agentic state when passing this responsibility to an authoritative figure; this shift in
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“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Those with the power become corrupted‚ but so does the people under their authority. The Animal Farm novel portrays exactly how this takes place. Leaders may start off with the best of intentions but they often become power hungry and corrupt‚ resorting to all kinds of evilness in order to maintain their new status. For example‚ the idea of Animalism‚ first created by Old Major‚ in itself is a bright vision. It is only after Old Major’s
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An Enemy of the People Dr. Thomas Stockmann was a determined and caring man who was passionate when it came to his beliefs. However‚ Stockmann was also an idealist who was rather naive when it came to reality. As the Medical Advisor of the baths‚ he wanted to expose the truth of the hazards that the baths presented before any more people became ill. He fought with the fervor of a true patriot‚ but was accused of trying to sabotage the hometown that he was fighting for and was condemned as
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confront the local authority figures who he thought had slighted him and his wife. He uses his education and language to portray the officers as the villains and wrong-doers in front of a crowd of people. When he is arrested and brought before the Chief of the Investigation Bureau‚ he continues the tirade he was not allowed to finish on the street. He also interrupts the one person who had real control over his freedom and proceeds to use his education as a verbal weapon against the authority figure. Even
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Discuss the role of the Ratcatcher in this extract and elsewhere in the play. The play ‘Kindertransport’ written by Diane Samuels rotates immensely around the Ratcatcher. The Ratcatcher’s role in this extract and the whole play can be interpreted in many ways. The given extract begins with Helga reluctantly agreeing to read ‘The Ratcatcher’ as a bedtime story to Eva. The reasons for Helga’s reluctance remain ambiguous as the play proceeds with Helga reading the book simultaneous to Faith who is
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our past. The definition of power is “the possession of control or command over others; authority” this is presented through the film although its more intense then just control‚ in Mississippi burning the control that the white community holds over the black one is so strong that the black people are so powerless they don’t even know how to defend themselves when their life’s are in danger. The authority figures of the town have a very deranged mind set‚ and abuse their power by doing disgraceful
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depend on self-reports‚ meaning that they measure behavior problems by asking the kids to report on their own misdeeds. It seems to me that kids raised by authoritarian parents might be especially reluctant to confess wrongdoing to authority figures--even if those authority figures are researchers who promise to keep their answers confidential. So perhaps we should be skeptical about studies that rely on self-reports. Self-reports suggest that kids from authoritarian families are about as well-behaved
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place. My avarice for power is a moot point as I have neither reason nor desire to share my authority. When I give you a task‚ should it be intricate or effortless‚ perform it with exigent excellence. I do not like to be contradicted and you do not want to contradict me. Respect your superiors‚ showing the requisite reverence‚ and maybe you’ll rise from your contemptible wholes. The gap between my authority and that of my servants is remarkable. I fulfill my thirst with 200
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support for her case. In saying this O’Brien begins to bring in a more seductive argument to persuade the readers‚ by using appeal to authority “Professional Doctors” and “Victorian doctors illustrates.” This provides that O’Brien has done her research towards this topic; more over persuade the reader to agree with the writers side by using a higher qualified authority. O’Brien pushes on to continue making a comparison between two scenarios “The parents of a suicidal 13-year-old would no doubt be told
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by how they exploited their enemies’ flaws. The brutal methods employed by the Bolsheviks certainly helped the Bolsheviks to remain in power. The use of the Cheka was one such brutal method; it ensured that the Bolsheviks remained the dominant authority‚ by suppressing dissident activity through the use of terror. However the Bolsheviks were only able to do this because their opposition was too weak to rebel; the Bolsheviks had gained dominance‚ while all others were clearly weak and submissive
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