Obedience Blindly obeying authority often results In disobedience to one’s personal morality. Since rules were established and exist for the common interests of the general population, some would say adhering to the rules is obedient. Contrary to popular belief, disobedience does not center around ignorant rebellion. In fact disobedience is the manner which people shed enlightenment on the well-traveled trail of benightedness, by offering another point of view. In “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, …showed first 75 words of 945 total…

…showed last 75 words of 945 total…necessary for any society to function,but in order for a society to grow and evolve,as it must, the individual members must willingly face public disapproval and censure,paying the price brought on themselves by asserting their thoughtful obedience when their society takes a wrong turn. Therefore, as Erich Fromm and Dorris Lessing explain, one should distinguish between disparaging and constructive obedience, and should discern to what extent they get implicated within a group.