Fromm alleges that too much obedience can end human history and evil will be able to control mass amounts of people to follow their deadly deeds. People will be too worried about earning national honor instead of themselves and the welfare of other people. Though the author believes too much obedience is a large flaw, he insinuates that disobeying is only acceptable when their is a good reason to deny authority power over oneself. Fromm shows this when he reasons “if a man can only obey and not disobey, he is a slave; if he can only disobey and not obey, he is a rebel (not a revolutionary); he acts out of anger, disappointment, resentment, yet not in the name of a conviction or a principle” (125). Fromm concludes his article by emphasizing that if obeying and disobeying isn’t in equilibrium mankind could find the end to
Fromm alleges that too much obedience can end human history and evil will be able to control mass amounts of people to follow their deadly deeds. People will be too worried about earning national honor instead of themselves and the welfare of other people. Though the author believes too much obedience is a large flaw, he insinuates that disobeying is only acceptable when their is a good reason to deny authority power over oneself. Fromm shows this when he reasons “if a man can only obey and not disobey, he is a slave; if he can only disobey and not obey, he is a rebel (not a revolutionary); he acts out of anger, disappointment, resentment, yet not in the name of a conviction or a principle” (125). Fromm concludes his article by emphasizing that if obeying and disobeying isn’t in equilibrium mankind could find the end to