Step 1: Think!
This lesson explores whether we are morally obliged to obey immoral or harmful commands because their source is someone who has authority over us. It also examines whether we are not obliged to question and even to resist and disobey rules and orders when these are immoral or harmful, and whether obeying a command can ever justify an action which we know to be bad or harmful.

As a first exercise you can conduct some research on:
Martin Luther King
Malala,
The officers who managed the concentration camps in World War II
Then read this article: https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/troops-disobey-orders/
You might find a fact sheet in resources useful to help you understand the idea of disobeying orders better.

Step 2:
After you conduct your research answer these questions.
Some of the people above refused to obey orders or rules.
• Who were they?
• What kind of orders/rules did they have to follow?
• Why did they refuse to obey them?
• How justified were their reasons for not obeying these rules/orders? Why?
• What were the immediate consequences of not following orders/rules?
• What were the long-term consequences of their resistance to follow orders/rules?
Step 3:
There was also a group who followed orders blindly.
• Who were they?
• What kind of orders did they follow?
• Why did they follow them?
• How justified were their reasons for obeying these orders?
• What were the consequences of their obedience?

Concluding activity
Choose one of the above persons/group and write around 100 words about them.