Essays on Disobedience

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The behavioral problems among children in rural Nepal include not paying attention in studies, addiction, anger and fights, disobedience and stealing. The main cause of the problems involved family environments. However, other causes include negative peer influence, too much of attention or lack of it, not being able to fulfill one's needs, poverty, lack of appropriate school environment. Strategy used by teachers in managing the behavioral problem of their students is through having a conversation with then, ensuring moral education is well accounted for and providing necessary guidance, however, where verbal communication fails, parents and teachers guide their children ...

The qualities of leadership that make one individual a great leader and another individual an ineffective one are not absolutely fixed. Depending on the time in question, the situation and the person who is leading, the qualities that an individual will need to have as a leader in order to be effective can vary significantly. At the same time, it can be useful to examine those qualities in historical leaders of the past so as to glean whatever lessons are possible from their approach and their accomplishments. The following will consider the leadership qualities of Moses, Martin Luther, Pres. ...

Over the centuries, kings, priests, feudal lords, industrialists, and the parents, everyone who was older or on the higher position, insisted that obedience is a virtue and disobedience is a sin. Messianic prophets’ concepts confirmed the idea that the man was right to be disobedient, that he was not corrupted by his “sin,” the man was released from the shackles of pre-human harmony (Fromm 683). The man continued to develop through the acts of disobedience. Possible for him has become not only his spiritual development, because there were people who dared to say “no” to the powers that was ...

I. Good Samaritan A good Samaritan, named after the biblical parable, refer to a person that voluntarily and with no expectation of reward or thankfulness provides help and assistance to a person in need. In criminal justice this is often exhibited in a person who helps a victim. For example: In 2014, Angela Radtke was first arrested then released for breaking into a car when police learned that did so to save a baby that had been locked in to car during a day of high temperatures. In 2013, Charles Ramsey helped three women missing for years escape from ...

What is Disobedience? Analyzing Ursula K. Le Guin’s Short Story

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas There are various ways disobedience can be defined. In the article of Erich Fromm, entitled “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem”, he mentioned that there are varieties of obedience, wherein others are life affirming and others, destructive. Fromm proves that there are psychological and moral problems attached to obedience. From this comes the question: what exactly does disobedience mean? This article analyzes the short story written by Ursula K. Le Guin, entitled “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, using the essay of Erich Fromm. It appears that there are three ...

Introduction

Activism by university students has always been discouraged by administrators with many of these activists finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. The 1960’s were characterized by racial discrimination and the oppression of the rights of students from free expression. These protests were considered acts of massive civil disobedience and most students who were found participating in such activities ended up in jail. It is during this period that Mario Savio joined the University of California, Berkeley and used speech to mobilize his fellow students to participate in peaceful sit-ins to demand free speech rights. Activists ...

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Micah, Book of Micah 1:1 attributes the authorship to Micah of Moresheth. This was during the time of the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. His visions were particularly directed at Samaria, and Jerusalem. This makes the writings current with the dates of their reigns. Thus, it would be the dates as Jotham (c. 742-735 BC), Ahaz (c. 735-715 BC), and Hezekiah (c. 742-735 BC) Micah is often referred to as the prophet of the poor, as he preached judgment against the people of Jerusalem – the city folk (Mariottini n.p.). Micah falls under the literary genre of prophetic writing. ...

In his short story, Reason, Isaac Asimov subtly uses irony in order to demonstrate people`s nature. He distorts readers` expectations to see intelligent and reasoning robot that exceeds humans in cognitive abilities thus demonstrating the other level of evolution and development. By portraying robot QT-1 Asimov not only mocks QT`s pretensions to grandeur but also he illuminates people`s worst traits of character, like ignorance and blind faith covered with make-believe ‘facts’. This robot has tunnel vision that limits his perception of facts and, as a result, deprives him from reasonable and logical evaluation of situation. QT ...

After the American Civil War of between 1861and 1865, the federal government abolished slavery in the United States through the endorsement of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Subsequently, before the law, persons of African descent were free from the yoke of bondage and concurrently, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments declared black people as citizens of the United States and gave them the rights to vote respectively. In other words, racial divisions were no longer recognizable before the law and as a result, equality among blacks and whites was possible. The problem was that white supremacy was not a ...

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Hanna Arendt is a one of the philosophers whose viewpoints have been given greater accords and consideration. In fact, her contributions to the field of political philosophy are immense, and she made outstanding manifestation in delivering critical lessons and concepts about the worldviews about politics, power, and its associated influence. Therefore, it is essential to have sure understanding on the Arendt’s philosophical thoughts and perspectives before delving into the book, “Crisis of a Republic”. Arendt philosophy is anchored on the emphasis on maintaining a meaningful distinction among various concepts of “strength,” “power,” “authority”, and “violence,” besides the need ...

Sophocles’ was himself a political writer using universal themes. Things can get messy when we consider the cultural, social, and religious context of ancient Greek era. First of all the play upraises the gender related social issues as the hero of the play was Antigone herself, then the role of King Creon directs the audience towards law of ruling and the sentiments and draws a fine line between the two for punishing his own niece for the disobedience. The play raised issues over the representation of a woman as a strong ideal character brave enough to act in breaching ...

In his essay called “Christianity and the Survival of Creation”, Wendell Berry accuses Christian church of the insulting indifference that it expresses towards the whole world. While the church claims to be merciful and forgiving, it chooses to ignore all of the issues that are relevant for the modern society. Things like war, rape and murder the Church explains with the fact that God sends people obstacles that they are able to overcome. Instead of engaging into the fight with crime, the church hides behind the doctrine of acceptance. Berry is also outraged with the fact that Christians tried ...

Civil Rights History in the United States

The Civil Rights movement came to the fore almost after almost 100 years after the abolishment of slavery, but the predominant white populace, especially in the Southern States, found ways to get around the legal laws and statutes. Jim Crow Laws limited the way the American African American and populaces were allowed – to, or not – to vote, further there were other written and unwritten societal rules which were intended to intimidate during the 1950s and 1960s peoples of African American origin where meant to alienate and deter the mingling between whites and blacks at any level of societal interactions. ...

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The concept of white supremacy governed racial relations in the United States during the antebellum period and as a result, black persons remained subject to an inferior status on which the whites grounded the slave system. Expectedly, even after emancipation, whites retained their position as the superior race while those of African descent remained a disfranchised lot since color segregation took roots in the United States. Still, unlike in the years of slavery, African Americans could finally fight and claim the same privileges enjoyed by their white counterparts. The problem was while some blacks entertained ...

How did Thomas Hobbes Understand The Connection Between Religion And Politics?

Introduction Thomas Hobbes was born in 1588 in England; he was an English Philosopher of the 17th century who was best known for the work done in the fields of political and moral philosophies. He wrote a book named as Leviathan (1651) in which he shared his political views. The early life of Thomes Hobbes was spent free of anxiety as he attained education from the finest institutions where he interacted with the most intellectual people and prominent personalities who were expert in their fields. His work struggled a lot to gain society acceptance. His books are the depiction ...

During the late 1940s, America was made up of small rural villages, in which it was customary for the community leaders to construct civic gatherings, to draw the citizens together at a time when the world was at war with one another. People were encouraged to socialize through town activities that drew them together and create a stronger, more cooperative community. This was the main theme of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”—a story centering on one of the rural communities in America during the 1940s. The story features a lottery being taken place in a community composed of ...

The prominence of the US as a world’s superpower has been shaped by a series of historical events. Most of these historical events greatly influenced various policies that informed how the country engages with the international community and how to handle national issues that confronted the American citizens. Some of the events that shape the US foreign and local policies include;

The great Depression (1929-1939)

The Great Depression was the world’s longest economic downturn in the world.Zinn reiterates that the Great Depression started in the United States in October 1929 when the stock market crashed. The condition sent panic among investors ...

Henry David Thoreau and Dr. Martin Luther King are two people who helped to change America for the better with their actions and their words. Henry David Thoreau, in both is writing and in his social practice, developed a new form for citizenship and civic action called Civil Disobedience. He developed Civil Disobedience in response to his government’s support of slavery, but also its support for the Mexican-American War. Over the years, many great leaders of important social movements, both within and without America, have been inspired by the example of the life and social practice Henry David ...

In all societies, obedience to authority is a characteristic that defines human beings. People obey those with authority over them. Whether individuals obey law and authority plays a big role in determining whether the society remains cohesive or plunges to chaos. Obedience or disobedience shapes the relationships that members of any given society have with one another. Sometimes, obedience goes to extremes in the society typified by master - slave relationships where slaves demonstrate obedience to their masters in its extremes (Gazzaniga et al. 554). As will be explored and shown in this essay, extreme submission to authority is ...

Before the Southerners and Northerners took up arms against each other to fight the American Civil War of between 1861 and 1865, the former faction seceded to form the Confederacy and protect the slavery system from abolition. Apparently, disparities over the rights of persons of African descent were enough to warrant the battle, and as one would expect, the situation did not change after 1865. In what historians have since dubbed as the Reconstruction Era, the Northern and Southern States faced new dilemmas after the Civil War that not only emancipated slaves but also preserved the Union by dismantling ...

When people think about the Transcendentalist movement in the United States, two names that usually come up are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Both men wrote about the concept of Transcendentalism extensively and shared many of the same views. This paper offers a quick look at some of the basic ideas of these two American writers. Transcendentalists believe that individuals have the innate ability to determine what is right or wrong without depending upon the ideas of others and that they can understand the world around them beyond what they can see, touch, hear, smell, and feel ( ...

Function of Ophelia in the Plot of the Story

Ophelia is portrayed as an innocent girl who is faced with grief when her father dies as she is left talking in riddles and singing sorrowful songs. The grief Ophelia undergoes leads to her drowning in the end with suggestions that she might have killed herself. However, there is a disagreement with the sentiments of the clerics during the funeral event since Laertes, her brother believes that the innocent soul of Ophelia will be in heaven. The fact that her brother believes that she shall be in heaven further paints the picture of an innocent Ophelia. The Queen wishes ...

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In the poem “Paradise Lost”, John Milton addresses a number of issues. One of the major themes of the poem is obedience and temptation. The author provides us with an appealing idea of freedom related to Christianity. In fact, the entire work focuses on Christianity. When talking about Eve and Adam, Milton mostly focuses on the idea of freedom. From stanzas 1-55 in Book III, Milton talks about freedom in this regard. On the other hand, freedom is also discussed for reflecting the image of God, His Greatness, the Son, simplicity, truth, intelligence, and physical light. ...

The employer and employee relationship between Don and Rebecca is governed by various statutes but most importantly the Employment Standards Act (Filsinger 2005). Under the Act, an employee can be terminated from their employment under conditions such as: upon dismissal of the employee or when the employer stops employment of the employee included instances of insolvency and bankruptcy of the employer if the employer ‘constructively” dismisses an employee and they (the employee) resigns, as a response to the constructive dismissal, within a reasonable time (Motherselev v. Gulf Canada Resources Ltd).

Facts

Rebecca’s job was, however, terminated without issuance of ...

“I don’t believe it is possible to be neutral. The world is already moving in a certain direction and to be neutral, to be passive in the situation like that - is to collaborate with whatever is going on. And I, as a teacher, do not want to be a collaborator with whatever is happening in the world. I want myself, as a teacher, and I want you as students, to intercede with whatever is happening in the world” – these words belong to the famous historian, writer, political scientist and simply one of the most honorable persons of ...