The well-being of a society is enhanced when people question authourity

Human beings have a natural tendency to adapt to different climatic, cultural and social situations. We behave and react under sets of dogmas defined by society, state, family or religion. Generally, it is expected from a good citizen that they will not challenge the authority of the State and that they be an aquiescencing and loyal citizen. Therefore, those who tend to question authority, face severe criticism and adversary from different circles of society.

The critics of authority often claim that they are questioning authority for the betterment of the State and human civilization in general. They rightly claim that most of the major achievements around the globe have been made possible because someone was brave enough at some point or other, to question the authority. They made endeavours on progressing their own ideas or improving on older ones. Take the example of Galelio Galleli, a famous Astronomist, who was executed because he challenged the authority of the Church, by claiming that the Earth is round. It was later proven, through the advancements of science, that he was correct. Had he never made that sacrifice we may still be considering the Earth as a flat body.

Positive criticism has brought about many new and innovative ideas in the world, and helped humanity to make progress furthur on already established ideas. Hence, we should all be encouraged to challenge authority, and propose new sets of hypothesis and ideas as it is envisioned that this would bring about positive changes. However, challenging the authority of the State may sometimes leads to dangerous consequences. There are examples around the globe of when a group challenged the authority of State or a financially more powerful group and the challenge turned violent. The recent conflict in Syria and Egypt started because a group challenged the authority of the State and both conflicts are epic examples of how such a protest can rapidly escalate to violence. For example in Egypt, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood challenged the authority of the powerful Egyptian Army and the precious lives of many protesters were lost when the protest turned violent.

The situation becomes worse when the challenge turns into a fight and results in bloodshed. This creates an unnecessary 'law and order' situation in the country. Also, those who question the authority may target state institutions, including places of worship, judicial courts, army headquarters with their protests. This again increase the chance of more violence and bloodshed.

In my opinion, people should be free to question authority, and peacefully protest if they deem it necessary. The State should also respect the rights of the people to peacefully protest.

The well-being of a society is enhanced when people question authourity

Human beings have a natural tendency to adapt to different climatic, cultural and social situations. We behave and react under some sets of dogmas defined by society, state, family or religion. Generally, it is expected from a good citizen that he would not challenge the authority of the State and would be an aquiescencing and loyal citizen. Therefore, those who tend to question the authourity face severe criticism and adversary from different circles of society.
The critics of authority often claim that they are questioning the authority for the betterment of the State and human civilization in general. They rightly claim that all the major achievements around the globe have been made possible because the people at some point or other questioned someone's authority and endeavored for progressing their own ideas or improving on older ones. Take the example of Galelio Galleli, a famous astrnomist, who was killed because he challenged the authority of church by claiming that the Earth is round. Later, modren science proved that he was correct and science made progress with his sacrifice. Had he never made that sacrifice we may still be considering earth as a flat body.
The positive criticism brought about many new and innovative ideas in the world and helped humanity to make further progress on already established ideas. Hence, humans should be encouraged to challenge the authority and proposenew sets of hypothesis and dogmas as this would bring about positive changes. However, challenging the authority of state may sometimes leads to dangerous consequences. There are examples around the globe when a group challenged the authority of state or a financially more powerful group and the challenge turned violent. The recent conflict inSyria and Egypt started because a group challenged authority of state and both conflicts are an epic examples of such a situation. For example in Egypt, supporters of Muslim Brotherhood challenged the authority of a powerful Egyptian army and ended up losing many precious lives.
The situation becomes worse when the challenge turns into a fight and results into bloodshed. This creates an unnecessary law and order situation in the country. Also, those who question the authority may directly attack any state institutions including religious places, judicial courts, army headquaters and other such institutions which again begets more violence and bloodshed.
In my opinion, pleople should be free to question authority, but this should always be through peaceful means. The authorities should also respect the people's right to peaceful protest.