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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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    Yuan Shikais Regime

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    and the Republic collapsed while China descended into warlordism. The country entered a chaotic state‚ with no centralized authority while at the same time there were conflicts between the different warlords. It is obvious that Yuan Shikai was responsible for bringing about this chaos‚ because he was the one which destabilized the Republic and focussed more on individual authority rather than ruling through a network of politicians. Furthermore‚ he based himself on support from the military‚ which was

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    me not to trust people. Especially authority figures. So the thought of turning myself in didn’t sound like a good idea to me at the time. It left me puzzled and scared. I could keep running‚ but the past ten years had been nothing but a continoues cycle that always landed me back in prison and left my children without a father. I’ve always been known for taking chances. Turning myself in would require taking the biggest chance of my life‚ trusting an authority figure and the system that I thought

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    Overstreet. When Knox becomes obsessed with Chris‚ without even meeting her‚ he ends up risking his life to win her heart. In both cases‚ characters go with their individual thoughts and beliefs to make their choices and stop obeying traditional authority figures. The whole group of friends of Neil Parry and Todd Anderson embark on a trip of finding themselves and individual growth that will have a lasting impact on their futures. Not everybody can have the inner strength to stand up for their individual

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    principles can be applied to the Hillside case. For instance the principle of authority would not very much fit to the case of Hillside. Hillside Co. creates a team who are there for their own ideas which are equally accepted‚ for brain storming. In such a situation an authority driving‚ prompting and inducing the ideas would not be very helpful to create the change and make the people follow them (pertaining to the Principle of Authority in the second article). We can also look at the articles’

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    In the Stanford Prison Experiment we saw how authoritarian power corrupts‚ how even the most innocent of people can be driven to do horrendous acts. Lastly‚ the “Shipwreck exercise” we examined the complexities of group dynamics and roles‚ how an authority figures can persuade individuals from otherwise logical choices‚ but also examines how individuals keen to compromise in groups. In each of these activities we experience‚ the pages of Cottam and the psychological complexities of politics relevantly

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    Welfare

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    some sort of help to regain a stable financial position. The better approach towards helping those in financial issues is through welfare. Paternalism does not provide a stable policy. Through paternalism‚ an individual is controlled under a high authority. They have no say in

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    This essay shall be discussing Hannah Arendt’s notions on violence‚ the implements of it‚ the relationship between violence and the state‚ how the meaning of violence is inherent in the text through certain use of language and how violence is specifically evoked through the language of the characters in the play‚ for example in Antigone‚ the use of the chorus‚ the messenger to report the violence to Creon‚ and the words spoken by Creon and Antigone throughout the play. The essay shall also be looking

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    with Pro Golf Company. An agent’s authority can be either actual or apparent. Actual authority comes in two forms express and/or implied. On page 918‚ it states that express authority is actual authority the principal has manifested onto the agent in very specific or detailed language and the agent has implied authority to act in a manner in which he believes the principal wants him to act. Apparent authority‚ on the other hand‚ is when an agent lacks actual authority‚ however‚ due to the principal’s

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    within her family as “nobody with either father or sister: her word had no weight; her convenience was always to give away; - she was only Anne” to further enhance Austen’s view of how without acknowledged weight to one’s opinion‚ suggestions hold no authority in persuading another’s heart or mind. In contrast to Anne’s relationship with her father‚ Austen exerts an alternative character to which the advice of Lady Russell is held with high regards to Anne. Lady Russell portrayed as one of the Elliots’

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