A Few Good Men

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Disobedience and obedience is something commonly exhibited in humans, from teenagers constantly disagreeing with what parents think is best, to elementary children following directions to get some sort of reward that lays down the foundation for learning. Why is it that people obey and disobey, what is it that causes us to obey rather than disobey, or to disobey versus obey. What time is it that tunnel vision is developed and focused only on a higher authority; when is it alright to disobey the demands given by the authority? Several factors go into why people obey others, out of respect, position in a hierarchy, or love. In the article "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem" by Erich Fromm, He speaks about how obedience is established …show more content…
In the movie A Few Good Men, W. Dawson kept several of the other guys from giving T. Santiago a "Code Red" even when T. Santiago's behavior would deserve a "Code Red." What T. Santiago did was irrelevant and didn't matter, as Dawson would not stand for any of the other men performing a "Code Red" on Santiago. Dawson had recently been in trouble for firing his weapon, and this lead to where he was at risk of losing his job in Guantanamo Bay, when R. Jessup, someone of much higher power than Dawson, demanded orders that Santiago be given a "Code Red" Dawson did not have much choice in the matter, except give Santiago the "Code Red" as he was at fear of losing his job. (A Few Good …show more content…
This is not the case as there are several things that factor into people's choices, things such as whether the order is immoral or moral, or the order may be too dangerous to themselves or the people around as well. As the people in power want to believe that the power they have supreme power over them, and the ones that follow and grant the power to these hierarchy K9s want to be able to trust the ones in these positions; and that the actions and decision they make will be inadvisable interest for everyone else. In the publication "The Power Trip" Jonah Lehrer talks about a study presented by Adam Galinsky, who is a psychologist at Northwestern University. In the study, half a group was to play a dice rolling game, whatever number they rolled on the dice they got that amount of lottery tickets. It was shown that they got an average dice roll that was 20% more than what was to be expected on a random dice roll. The other group was asked to rate how bad lying on business travel expenses at work was, many agreed that it was against moral norms (Lehrer
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