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Intelligent Disobedience Part 3: What we can learn from guide dogs

January 25, 2016January 22, 2016 by candacemoody

This is one of a series of posts on Intelligent Disobedience by Ira Chaleff. Ira Chaleff uses the analogy of a guide dog as his model for Intelligent Disobedience. A guide dog is trained for months to be calm, patient and obedient. He is taught to guide a blind person safely through any environment while … Continue reading Intelligent Disobedience Part 3: What we can learn from guide dogs

Intelligent Disobedience Part 2

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 by candacemoody

The first signal that something is wrong will be a feeling that you’ve often had but may not trust. Call it a hunch, a niggling suspicion, sinking feeling, gut reaction, or its technical term: cognitive dissonance.

Intelligent Disobedience

December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 by candacemoody

For many of us, obedience is automatic, especially when an order comes from a parent, boss or other authority figure. But we have learned that blind obedience can allow, even assist, evil.