In a Japanese film a man goes with his wife in front of the emperor about some issue. He made some mistake, maybe then the emperor tells him he should go home and kill his children. He was not happy but headed to do it. When he returned, the children were not there at home - maybe they are killed already he thought. But it came up this was only a test. They were alive hidden in a secret room in the hall. They came out and all were happy.
Then in the military a single man faces 100 men and commands them and they obey. I have been thinking, why should i obey him? i can always not obey. If two people make a cospiration they will overpower this one man for sure - the so called commander, but also there is this sense that if there is no discipline, law and order. If everyone does as he pleases, so many people cannot live together peacefully.
Where does this power to command and to obey come from? Who teaches the commander how to command? How do we learn how and what to obey, why to obey? Is it always due to fear of some punishment or because of some promised reward?
Then in the military a single man faces 100 men and commands them and they obey. I have been thinking, why should i obey him? i can always not obey. If two people make a cospiration they will overpower this one man for sure - the so called commander, but also there is this sense that if there is no discipline, law and order. If everyone does as he pleases, so many people cannot live together peacefully.
Where does this power to command and to obey come from? Who teaches the commander how to command? How do we learn how and what to obey, why to obey? Is it always due to fear of some punishment or because of some promised reward?