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Obedience is considered as following the orders that are given to you by a superior person, or someone in authority. Growing up, I was always taught to obey my parents, for which it was the right thing to do. Being obedient to a superior, or authority figure has become the norm for many individuals, to say that means obedience comes natural, without questioning, or hesitation. Once obedience is a part of the norm, requirements that are asked of you by a person of higher power isn’t so hard to follow. Though often times, we are given orders by individuals of authority which we disagree with, but because we are to be obedient to that person, we follow the orders that have been given to us. We may disagree with certain orders, but to avoid consequences,

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