A healthy opinion demands questioning. Any rule or law will serve the purpose and will last long if it is at will of majority and thus questioned properly. Raising question to rules of authority is necessary because it can articulate the agenda behind the rule.
Questioning the rules does not mean disagreement or opposing it (however, it can be the case), it can also mean to understand the 'why' and 'how' of the rules. For example, Company has made rule not to have drinks while office party. Now one can accept blindly as the CEO says and chose not argue but once can also argue or question it to understand the reason behind it. If there is baseless reason, it should be opposed if one gets satisfied with reason (says, people drinking during office party are meeting with accidents and thus step has been taken), they will welcome the rule. If we talk at broader level, country will have prosperous government if there is a well communication between government and the public. In case, government rules are not questions, it can lead to dictatorship and there will be unwarranted rules. Countries like Egypt have successfully ended the dictatorship because citizens questioned the laws and rules. Look at the history, we have example of Eklevya who without questioning Drona, gave his thumb.
Nothing can be absolute the world. Raising question can benefit only if done with discipline. Out of control can lead to chaos. There has be apposite reasons and arguments keeping in mind the will of whole.
In nutshell, Accepting the rules of authority passively indeed is not way of disciplined life. One has to question for the betterment of rules' applications. History and world has shown us impact of unquestioning rules. So, without a doubt people should speak up for their good to either criticize or praise any rule or law.
A healthy opinion demands questioning. Any
rule
or law will serve the purpose and will last long if it is at will of majority and
thus
questioned
properly
. Raising
question
to
rules
of authority is necessary
because
it can articulate the agenda behind the
rule
.
Questioning the
rules
does not mean disagreement or opposing it (
however
, it can be the case), it can
also
mean to understand the 'why' and 'how' of the
rules
.
For example
,
Company
has made
rule
not to have drinks while office party.
Now
one can accept
blindly
as the CEO says and chose not
argue
but
once can
also
argue or
question
it to understand the
reason
behind it. If there is baseless
reason
, it should
be opposed
if one
gets
satisfied with
reason
(says,
people
drinking during office party are meeting with accidents and
thus
step has
been taken
), they will welcome the
rule
. If we talk at broader level, country will have prosperous
government
if there is a well communication between
government
and the public. In case,
government
rules
are not
questions
, it can lead to dictatorship and there will
be unwarranted
rules
. Countries like Egypt have
successfully
ended the dictatorship
because
citizens questioned the laws and
rules
. Look at the history, we have example of
Eklevya
who without questioning
Drona
, gave his thumb.
Nothing can be absolute the world. Raising
question
can benefit
only
if done with discipline. Out of control can lead to chaos. There has
be
apposite
reasons
and arguments keeping in mind the will of whole.
In nutshell, Accepting the
rules
of authority
passively
indeed
is not way of disciplined life. One
has to
question
for the betterment of
rules
' applications. History and world has shown us impact of unquestioning
rules
.
So
, without a doubt
people
should speak up for their
good
to either criticize or praise any
rule
or law.