The people of a society should not live as sheep, blindly accepting and abiding by the decrees of authority figures. A healthy amount a skepticism should be welcome. That said, the well-being of a society is not enhanced when many of its people question authority. Criticism and doubt can be dangerous when co-opted by anti-intellectual populism that fears information and change. Such effects have been observed in fields of climate science, public health, and the judicial system.
Climate change deniers pose one of the greatest threats to the modern world. The majority of climate scientists - the authorities in the field - agree that the earth is warming at an unprecedented and irreparably dangerous rate. They argue that much of this trend is due to the greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity and agricultural practices. Climate change deniers endow their belief with the presupposition that God would not allow humans to destroy His creation. Their denial of clear scientific information will directly impact how their elected officials vote on proposed legislation regarding proposals such as carbon taxes. Willful ignorance and distrust of science directly contribute to the detriment of society in this case.
Vaccination is another arena where too much doubt in authority can be extremely caustic to society. Public health officials and epidemiologists strongly urge all citizens to vaccinate children against fatal and extremely contagious diseases. Those few who reject the authority of such medical professionals do so at the detriment of the rest of us. Refusing to vaccinate children can lead to premature death and the reintroduction of previously eradicated viruses and diseases to the human population.
Judicial canon also contests the idea that questioning of authority always contributes to the betterment of society. When President Eisenhower desegregated the public school system in the 1950s, an Arkansas Governor, at the bequest of his constituency, deployed state troops to “maintain the peace” at Little Rock High School, which was one of the first schools in the state to integrate. Instead of assisting the black high schoolers, they prevented them from entering the school. Eisenhower responded by sending military troops to assist in their matriculation. Those troops, while potentially holding similar racist views to the public, were compelled to follow the president’s orders.
Of course, a healthy amount of skepticism is healthy in any society. This prevents authority figures from taking advantage of the public. However, too much questioning is harmful and unproductive, and does not lead to enhanced well-being of society.
- The well being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing and s 86
- The well being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing and su 70
- Governments should focus on solving the immediate problems of today rather than on trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain y 83
- The well being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing and su 70
- Laws should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances times and places Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing 83
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 183, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... - agree that the earth is warming at an unprecedented and irreparably dangerous ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, regarding, so, well, while, of course, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 15.1003584229 93% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 9.8082437276 71% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 13.8261648746 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.0286738351 109% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 43.0788530466 51% => OK
Preposition: 62.0 52.1666666667 119% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 8.0752688172 198% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2283.0 1977.66487455 115% => OK
No of words: 411.0 407.700716846 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.55474452555 4.8611393121 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.50256981431 4.48103885553 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.0329696408 2.67179642975 114% => OK
Unique words: 238.0 212.727598566 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.579075425791 0.524837075471 110% => OK
syllable_count: 693.0 618.680645161 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.51630824373 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 9.59856630824 73% => OK
Article: 6.0 3.08781362007 194% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.51792114695 57% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.6003584229 112% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.1344086022 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.1330691011 48.9658058833 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.2608695652 100.406767564 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8695652174 20.6045352989 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.34782608696 5.45110844103 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 3.85842293907 285% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.88709677419 82% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.136134520553 0.236089414692 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0389974045628 0.076458572812 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0643251165351 0.0737576698707 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0762611446987 0.150856017488 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0566219229673 0.0645574589148 88% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 11.7677419355 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 58.1214874552 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.61 10.9000537634 134% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.44 8.01818996416 118% => OK
difficult_words: 129.0 86.8835125448 148% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.002688172 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.0537634409 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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