Third Paper: Analysis Obedience and disobedience to the authority has always been a favorite topic of psychologists and researchers. Stanley Milgram’s experiments shows that people are more often to submit themselves toward authority as compared to the people who disobey. According to Milgram, the pillars or support of the society is being threatened by disobedience. On the contrary, Erich Fromm rejects the theory of “obedience is a virtue and that disobedience is a vice”(621). Human history has formed by an act of disobedience by Adam and Eve, who were living in heaven obediently but a little act of disobedience changed everything. Fromm claims that their act of disobedience opened their eyes. After disobedience, man created his own heaven. Acts of disobedience evolved and changed by time. Milgram’s and Fromm’s theories are opposite to each other, one supports obedience and other doesn’t. …show more content…
I have also faced some situations but I think one situation that relates to one of the theorist is the story which involves me, my friend and our submission to the teacher. One day, during class in 9th grade, me and my friend were busy talking while teacher was giving his lecture. As we were distracting the teacher, he called us in the class and gave us a complicated punishment. He told us to see each other on the back with full force. First, we hesitated and no one came forward to start the punishment due to our friendship. Then, our teacher threatened us that he would do it by himself if we do not