Disobedience

The essay “Disobedience as a psychological and a moral problem” by Erich Fromm is exactly what the title says it is. He is trying to uncover why human life throughout centuries, acted the way that they did towards one another, and towards their outlook on life. He states in his essay the throughout centuries people all over the world say that obedience is a virtue and disobedience is a vice, and if this wasn’t the case, then there would be no laws, morals, or regulations towards anything. But throughout the centuries, people don’t follow those rules. They act as though they want the “freedom” of having a life and not worrying about what other people think or know.
Everything that we do in this life all began with Adam and Eve. What Fromm is saying in his essay is that everywhere we look, people are committing an act of disobedience. Adam and Eve were the first two people in the making of the world that committed a very serious act of disobedience. Their act cos...