When is it okay to disobey authority?

Question

What are your opinions?

im writing a paper for my english class. and so i need your opinions. thanks!

thanks everyone for your input.
does anyone else out there have any suggestions?

Answer 1

It is ok to disobey authority when by obeying you will be forced to harm someone else or treat someone else in an abusive manner.

It is ok to disobey authority when the authority is trying to enforce unjust laws - that is where the role of civil disobedience comes in. I wouldn't ever advocate violence but I would (and have) protested laws and governmental actions that I have considered unjust.

It is ok to disobey authority when the authority is requiring you do perform an act (or stop performing an act) which will cause you to do something that is expressly against your religious beliefs - as long as your action or inaction in the name of your religion will not bring harm to another person.

Good luck on your paper.

Answer 2

Any time they(Atheists) try to exercise authority over You.

The Holy Quran. Surah 33 (The Confederates) Verse 48. And obey not (the behests) Of the Unbelievers And the Hypocrites, And heed not their annoyances, But put thy trust in Allah. For enough is Allah As a Disposer of affairs.

Answer 3

When the authority makes no sense. While we live in a community, we still have to use common sense. When the so called authorities are obvious wrong I feel no obligation to obey them at all. The common good is often just an excuse to futher erode our rights for the benefit of the fat cats. Civil disobediance is often the only tool left to us, Gandhi showed us that.

Answer 4

in straightforward terms whilst their rules are immediately against God's regulation... occasion...If the government have been to place a ban on the door to door artwork, of J.W's, it could nevertheless proceed... In obedience to how God needs it completed... (Acts 5:forty two) and daily interior the temple and from homestead to homestead they persevered devoid of letup coaching and holding the stable information on the subject of the Christ, Jesus. A ban could be an instantaneous violation of the scripture... In the different occasion, a J.W. WILL OBEY (Romans thirteen:a million) enable each and every soul be in subjection to the extra appropriate government, for there is not any authority different than by using God; the present government stand located of their relative positions by using God.

Answer 5

When there is a greater good to be served. History tells us that the people in charge aren't always right.

Fireman tells a mother not to go into a burning house, but she does anyway to save her baby.

Bus driver (then police officer) tell Rosa Parks to move to the back of the bus. She refuses.

Judge orders a journalist to divulge a confidential source, but he refuses.

Answer 6

When the person in authority asks you to do something that goes against your ethical beliefs yes... what this question really boils down to is moral, ethical and personal beliefs IMHO. But we are bound by the laws in which we live by.

Answer 7

When they want you to do something destructive or immoral or inflict pain on yourself or someone else (I just noticed all those things go hand in hand...). Disobey when you know what you're supposed to do is wrong and it goes against your gut feeling, not when you just don't want to obey.

Answer 8

Frankly, never. Usually it's a suicidal act someway. Unless you are fully prepared for the fall out, move with it or move away.

Answer 9

When they are disrespecting you in anyway or causing you physical pain.

Answer 10

when you have someone into power like Hitler or Bush
It is very survival to disobey
as obeying is suicidal...