Study of Obedience to Authority
Study of Obedience to Authority. “The essence of obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as the instrument for carrying out another person’s wishes, and he therefore no longer sees himself as responsible for his actions. Once this critical shift of viewpoint has occurred in the person, all of the essential features of obedience follow.”
In this age of social media and virtual soap boxes for anyone with an agenda – combined with this conclusion makes me uneasy for the days ahead.