Disobedience As a Psychological And Moral

Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem
by Erich Fromm
 
Erich Fromm (1900-1980), a German-born, internationally influential psychologist, philosopher, educator, and graciousist, became an American citizen in 1940 later fleeing Germany to escape Hitler & the rise of Nazism.  He wrote twenty-three books including thresh from Freedom, The Sane Society, The Art of Loving, Psychoanalysis and Religion, and The Revolution of Hope. Fromm rejected both Western capitalism and Soviet communism, considering them equally dehumanizing & bureaucratic.  A co-founder of SANE, the forerunner of todays Peace Action organization, Fromm was late involved in the international peace movement and in the fights against the nuclear harness race and Americas involvement in the Vietnam war.
 
This hold first appeared in 1963 in A Matter of Life, a collection of essays edited by Clara Urquhart.  Writing shortly afterwards the Cuban Missile crisis brought us to the brink of World fight III and led many to fear that the nuclear arms race threatened human survival, Fromm explains why, despite common beliefs, noncompliance can at times be a incumbent and liberating virtue and mindless obedience a vice.



  Exploring the role of moral sense in a persons decision to disobey authority and displease those in power, he distinguishes between what he calls authoritarian conscience and humanistic conscience.  Its not an painless read and will require careful rereading.
 
 
For centuries kings, priests, feudal lords, industrial bosses and parents have insisted that obedience is a virtue and that disobedience is a vice. In order to introduce another point of view, permit us set against this position the following statement: human history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.
 
Human history was ushered in by an act of disobedience according to the Hebrew and classical myths. Adam and Eve, living in the Garden of...If you want to ticktack a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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