Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Fifty years ago this month, Yale psychologist ...

Rebellion, not obedience, is characteristic of our jet-age generation. This spirit is evident in our art, literature, and morals, in the revolt against law and authority, in the talk of the death of ...

Fifty years ago this month, Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram published a groundbreaking article describing a unique human behavior experiment. The study and its many variations, while ethically ...

Psychological research is replete with intriguing insights into human behavior. One such insight comes from a group of researchers from Regensburg, Göttingen, and Würzburg, who examined the conflict ...

According to Merriam-Webster, obedience’s definition is “the act or instance of obeying; the quality or state of being obedient.” Likewise, the definition of obedient is “submissive to the restraint ...

A occasion spéciale, invité spécial…. Michel Meley, président du conseil national de la fédération française du Droit Humain est à la Réunion. D’une part, pour célébrer les 50 ans d’existence de ...

The indissoluble connection between faith and obedience is only too often overlooked or rationalized away. We rightly emphasize “faith,” for without it man cannot be saved; without it no man can ...

Les opposants qui, au sein de la Grande Loge nationale française (GLNF) réclament en vain le départ du Grand maître François Stifani, ont décidé de lancer une nouvelle obédience en mars, annoncent-ils ...

A nun is pictured in a file photo praying in the grotto of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank. (Credit: Debbie Hill/CNS.) Listen ROME – Earlier this week Pope Francis released a new ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Obedience has two definitions, one ...