Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Disobedience: Democracy Depends on It


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“Just following orders” is no defense. In a democracy we assume that individuals in society will take personal responsibility and disobey immoral commands. But as many experiments have shown, people rarely question orders from authorities. Our guest on this show is Ira Chaleff whose new book is: Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You’re Told to Do is Wrong. As he explains, even guide dogs will disobey a wrong command.
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