Obey is it to renounce its freedom?

When you obey a parent, teacher or a boss, it has indeed lost its sense of freedom, since it does not do what you want, but what the other wants. The antagonism between obedience and freedom is yet apparent. The law, which prevents me to do my own pleasure, protects Does not some of my freedoms? Similarly, if I follow the doctor's advice, it is not by pure submission, but because that is the doctor (my recovery) is also what I want. What conditions do I obey, therefore, while remaining free?

• To obey is to do what want, what orders another. Obedience implies a state of stress, sometimes tender, and in some cases of alienation.  • Giving up is giving up something, or claim to something.  • In its ordinary meaning, the word freedom means the power to do what we want. Is free the person has of herself as she sees fit, without coercion or hindrance. 

Introduction

• I. Constitution of the problem: Obedience is a free renunciation of freedom.

1. Obey suppresses freedom.  2. Obey is a free act.  3. Obey freely renounce freedom.

• II. The alienation of freedom in obedience.

1. Obedience would be allowed out of respect for authorities.  a) Respect the authorities.  b) Criticism of this idea.  2. Obedience would be accepted in exchange for some good.  a) The idea of a voluntary submission.  b) Criticism of this idea.  3. The reasons that lead men to alienate their freedom.  a) The role of ideology conveyed by the authority.  b) laziness and cowardice.

• III. Obedience as a condition of freedom.

1. Obedience is not a renunciation of freedom if the order is given the benefit of those who obey.  a) Analysis of a simple example: a football team.  b) The lessons from this example: the common good and responsibility.  2. Obedience, the condition of freedom.  a) Obedience is necessary to achieve my personal goals.  b) Rehabilitation of the virtue of obedience and coercion.  c) Obedience liberating.  3. Obedience that respects the rules of democracy is not a renunciation of freedom.  a) The idea of democracy.  b) Democracy can reconcile the virtue of obedience and the affirmation of freedom.  c) The limits of democracy.

Conclusion