Disobedience Is A Man's Original Virtue, By Oscar Wilde

“When you know how to use it, disobedience can be a virtue” (Coelho). This is what Wilde also similarly claims about disobedience being someone's virtue. Disobedience and virtue are known as two different things and are very opposite of each other, because of their meaning. But Wilde puts it into one category which determines disobedience as a good thing next to the list of goodness, righteous, honesty, kindness, and obedience. Since virtue already is determined as a high moral standard, disobedience compared to it allows people to see and understand what Wild means when he says, “Disobedience is a man's original virtue”. He wants them to comprehend that it is okay and that it is right to disobey and go against society's norms because it can …show more content…
To change something for the better means to rebel and go against someone or something. This example can be seen in movies like Mulan, this character struggles to fit in societies norms so she strives to do and be something different. Mulan goes and fights in an army as a man to save China instead of her father being drafted to go. In the end she truly saves China from their enemies, in addition breaking gender stereotypes. Wilde claims that it is a human trait to disobey and go against society's rules and laws. Mulan does just that, but her rebelliousness lead to societies progress and safety instead of destruction. Her disobedience is a virtue because she only wished good for her family. This why her act can be seen on the list of kindness, honesty, and honor as a product of virtue. Mulan’s wishing good and safety for her family not only lead to exactly that, but the progress of her country and safety of her people. Therefore, to want or to bring progress one must disobey and go against …show more content…
Someone's disobedience can not bring change in history or society because of the outcomes of it. This is shown in a current event, about a school shooting that killed 17 people and caused communities to abrupt feer. It is just absurd to think that disobedience can be a virtue because to look at history or at current events the acts of people’s rebellion does not show that it leads to improvement of society but leads to destruction. These kind of actions violate people's safety and makes them worry, this results in protests being made which then leads to the whole world being exposed to it. Disobedience has no character in virtue that is why it leads to bad outcomes instead of improvement or progress. Therefore, the act of disobedience or rebellion should not be determined as virtues high moral