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... Finally, Fromm, in his examination of obedience and disobedience, claims that people are prone to obey because this is what they have been taught from early childhood. ... Fear will indubitably produce obedience. ... But courage takes strength; and obedience through fear has and always will be the easy way out. ... But, unconditional obedience is slavery. ... (Fromm 361-362)
Asch attributes obedience to people’s fear of being seen as different. ... They used brutality as a way to elicit fear amongst the prisoners, in order to ensure obedience. ... He finds it to be true that authoritative figures use fear to instill obedience, as Fromm states. ... The guards also impressed on the prisoners that obedience was good and disobedience was bad by punishing those who didn’t follow the rules and rewarding those who did. ... The guards, too, adapted – regarding the prisoners as creatures of lower status and expecting complete obedience out of them, which made it easier for them to rationalize their roles as authoritative figures and the necessity of their abuse.
In closing, these scientists’ experiments give us insight into the complex relationships of fear and courage in regards to obedience.
Approximate Word count = 1276
Approximate Pages = 5.1
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