Orders, rules and laws have important places in society. Most regulations exist to ensure the safety of citizens within a community and make sense from a common sense or moral point of view. We have been conditioned to follow orders, based on those laws, given by people in authority. When a police officer arrives at the scene of a crime or an accident, we follow the orders because, we assume, the situation is going to be taken care of. When a soldier is given an order from a commanding officer, those orders are normally followed without question. When the officials giving those orders have questionable motives though, can we trust the orders that they give and the laws that they make?
We learn that it was actually a small but influential group of Nazi leadership - Hitler, Himmler and Heydrich - that made the secret plans to annihilate the Jews. At the Wansee Conference in 1942, the "Final Solution" was agreed upon. The poisonous gas, Zyklon B would be used in order to exterminate large numbers of people in the gas chambers at Auschwitz and the other death camps. In order to do so, a vast number of people had to either follow orders or turn a blind eye to what was going on. Murder on such a vast scale simply could not happen unnoticed.
What are alternative actions can one take if one feels that an order is morally wrong?
What are some consequences if people do—or do not do—as they are ordered?
Professor Kissi has talked about "respecting authority but questioning information." Give an example where one could "respect authority" but "question information."
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1-you could simpily not do them or try to give a logical reason for not participating.
ReplyDelete2-they could get in trouble by the person that gave the order or could be thought to be a jew and killed or be put in a camp.
3-politly disagree depending on the situation.
if i feel something was not right i would not do it and go to a higher power to stop the wrong doing
ReplyDeletethey would ether face harsh punismint or be killed on the spot
if my mother told me to go to my room with out telling me why i could say i will got to my room but under what sucomst am i going for
If there is an order that one doesn't like they can simple not do it if it is something they disagree with or see as wrong. There is always more then one view. Some of the consequences of not following orders can vary depending on the person who gave it. They could kill you, discharge you, ignore you and ask someone else, or they can listen to your reasoning.
ReplyDelete3-an example could be that even though its against the law that if your doing something for the greater good that the crime is justified by the means.
I would trying going to a higher power like Morgan said if their wasn't a higher power I would try to see and decide what to do. The consequence of not obeying an order given to you are normally very high maybe as bad a costing you your life. A way you could question them is by tell them you might do what they are asking if you know why.
ReplyDelete1. I would question the motives of the people ordering me, like why am I doing this and how will this help in the long run, but in the case of WWII and I was told to do something that was wrong like killing people that didn't do anything, I wouldn’t be able to do it, I would rather die my self than kill a another innocent person
ReplyDelete2. If you didn’t do what you were told you would be shot, if you did what you were told then you would be told to do it more often
it is this simple if you don't want to or don't feel comfortable do it then don't do it duh its not were you think it is bad its the + and - actions of you standing up for what you think it right
ReplyDeleteif u didnt say anything u could save urself and let those being blammed for something they didnt do suffer and by saying something u could possibly lose ur life but also possibly save others.
ReplyDeleteThat person can not act on the order and ask questions why that order was given or see if you can give an alternative to that order.
ReplyDeleteThe people mite be killed or arrested for not do what they were told or people mite get hurt for poor disishins.
You can do what your told but question the resins be hind those orders.
If you want to be selfish and save yourself and not worry about others... That is one option .. Another option is to stand up to whatever the issue is and fight, regardless of whether you get to keep your life or not.
ReplyDeleteThe actions one can take if they feel that the orders are wrong are simply stand up to your superiors or try to help those in danger. If you decide to do one or the other the consequence is going to be either jailed or killed with the latter being more likely. If you choose to decide not to stand up then you'll live but there's also a chance you could be persecuted should your side lose or hated for the things you have done. Most people don't have the guts to stand up to those of greater authority despite what they may think. An example where one could respect authority and question information would be If I was given the order to go to a local town and kill anybody in my sight
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