The Authority

factors that contribute to people to blindly obey are that it is ingrain that everyone must have obedience towards authority, it fulfills psychological needs and fear of the result of not obeying authority. Ingrains / ingrained in the human 's mind that humans must have obedience towards authority which explains many Germans obedience towards the Nazi. The dictionary definition of authority is “A person or organization having power or control in…

sometimes the changes of behaviors were not ethically right. Stanley Milgram, a professor of psychology at Yale University conducted a series of social psychology experiments to verify how ordinary German people could go along with and obey the cruel authority who perpetrated genocide at the World War II (McLeod 584-588). This experiment was composed of an experimenter and a teacher in the same room and a learner in the other separate room in Yale Interaction Laboratory. The teachers were the…

The period from 1296 to the early 1500s was an era that saw significant change in the relationship between temporal and ecclesiastical authority. The driving force in relations between these two entities shifted from assessing the role of canon law to the strength of new ideas and political thought. Historians such as Ullmann place emphasis on the translation of Aristotelean ideas for this change whereas others, like Black and Coleman argue the change was as the result of a natural progression…

conformity and obedience to authority be complied with before it is wrong. Although complying with rules and authority maintains social order, I claim that people should not adhere to authority once they begin to compromise what they feel is morally right and/or are blindly obeying authority. A person's ethics and values provide a unique self-identity, which help to distinguishing one person from another; therefore, a person's values should take precedence over obeying authority. When one is…

Much as the Imperial officer falls into obedience to the authority of pressure, this relates the studies conducted by Stanley Milgram. Stanley Milgram was a psychologist studying people’s obedience and seeing how far someone would obey orders from a perceived authority figure. He had random test subjects believing they were administering voltage shocks to someone in another room when answering questions wrong; subjects, however, were unaware that the person they were shocking was a confederate…

culture, Biblical inerrancy is found high upon the list of importance. With the development of postmodernism and a shift in cultural ethics, both the inerrancy of and the moral authority of Scripture is under attack. The purpose of this article critique is to examine the writings of Patrick Nullen as he deals with “The Moral Authority of Scripture and the Hermeneutics of Love.” This paper consist of a brief summary of Nullen’s article, as well as a critical interaction with it. It is important…

Though no two incidents are identical, I can generally predict how a future incident will transpire merely based on the gender of those involved. Because I am a female and an authority figure, it is likely that males are more comfortable challenging my position of authority, as opposed to females who are typically more respectful. According to Linda L. Carli (2001), men tend to maintain power and advantage over women through resistance to female influence, “A reasonable prediction, therefore, is…

Authority is something we, human beings, have heard about on various topics. We know about authority pertaining to law enforcement, authority within our household, and even authority within the business. The use of authority can make and/or break the barrel of communication between the individuals involved. To begin, authority is defined as “the power to give orders or make decisions: the power or right to direct or control someone or something,” according to merriam-webster.com. When the word…

First, when the civil government acts within its delegated authority as defined by Scripture or the Constitution, we are morally bound to obey. Note that this principle excludes the idea that a citizen may protest against the civil government by arbitrarily rebelling against its authority. Thus, Sawant’s anarchical stance ought to be reprehensible in a free society, as it defies the legitimate authority of civil government. Civil disobedience must therefore be directed only at a…

apparent authority to consent to the search of the shoebox. Appellant’s mother, Ms. Fallsbauer, demonstrated apparent authority to consent to the search of the shoebox when she stated her prior ownership of the shoebox. (R. at 5.) Apparent authority exists when officers reasonably believe a third party has authority to consent to a search, but does not possess such authority. Illinois v. Rodriguez, 497 U.S. 177, 187 (1990). Ms. Fallsbauer lived in the studio apartment and had actual…