Linton's Theory Of Conformity And Disobedience

Have you ever wondered why people don't listen to authority? Or maybe why there is such an issue with disobedience? We see all over the world that there is a major problem in obeying and disobeying. People obey or disobey authority because they desire to conform to society, they fear authority, and because of moral conviction. We continue to be obedient because we want to fit in with rest of the world, were afraid to be different and stand up for what we really believe. “As long as i am obedient to the power of the state, the church, or the public opinion, I feel safe and protected. In fact it makes little to no difference what power it is that i am obedient to.” (Fromm, 624). Man is afraid to have the courage to say no to power. He is afraid to step away from the church and from public opinion because of how he is looked at by others. This way man feels stronger, there is more togetherness if everyone conforms and believes in the same ideas and …show more content…
That's not mostly because our institutions perform much worse than they did in 1925 and 1955, when they were widely trusted. Its mostly because more people are cynical and like to pretend they are better than everything else around them” (brooks, 651). People feel like those with a large amount of power are in it for themselves, they only listen to what they want to hear instead of straight facts. People jump on the bandwagon before hearing truth because they want to agree with what everybody else thinks instead of having their own opinion. People fear authority and afraid to say no, but there are also people who are disobedient, think they are above others, and are sick of listening to authority. During the milgram experiment, a yale professor conducted experiments to study authority to obedience by violating patience conscience. The experiment consisted of fake shocking to actors while studying the reactions of patients “Of the forty subjects in the first experiment,