Pros And Cons Of Panopticon

It is not surprising at all that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks and hospitals because they all practice discipline and punishment within those walls. People feel watched with in the walls of those organizations and often feel trapped. Panopticon was created to discipline people which is accomplished by knowing that we are being watched. Good thing about is that with panopticon there is less crime, but there are many bad sides to it. With panopticon lack of full freedom and freewill is taken away from people. We might have the freedom of speech and we get to make our own decisions, but it’s all just an illusion. No matter what we are in the system. No matter which career we chose; with our careers we are useful somehow to our whole community and within those careers there are rules and discipline. In every organization if it’s a hospital or a school there are rules that must be followed and if they are broken than the punishment will be brought upon the person. If there were no rules than the organization would be in constant chaos: people …show more content…
When we look at the authorities ad people who are in higher power it seems like the get away from the discipline. If we think of the police and just the last few years of what has been happening, it seems that as though they managed to escape the panopticon. They do not seem to be getting the right discipline for the things they have done to innocent people which does not seem to be fair. Government makes decisions for the whole country and sometimes those decisions are not in the best interest of the citizens and yet they get away with it. Those who are in a higher position and is the authority seem to have more freedom. Yes, they are being watched by the press but they do not appear to be suffering the same consciences as the rest of the people. Those who have more money seem to be better off and escape many