One article that shows this is an article called “The Power of Situations” by Lee Ross and Richard E. Neisbett. The Article itself talks about obedience, and how people can disobey their moral code based on the situation and environment. The author states how people in a hurry are more likely to avoid people in need if they are in a hurry. As the authors stated, “If the subjects were in a hurry… only 10 percent helped. By contrast, if they were not in a hurry… about 63 percent of them helped.” (Pg 581)
Lee Ross and Richard E. Neisbett also goes on to say how appearance of a person may affect if you help someone or not. An example of this was …show more content…
In the article, he explains how people will just be sheep, and follow whoever. His main point in the article is to try to deviate from the norm, even if it means to disobey one’s moral code. Brooks says, “To have good leaders you have to have good followers — able to recognize just authority, admire it, be grateful for it and emulate it. Those skills are required for good monument building, too.” (Pg 594) What he means by this is that you should try to not follow someone else, but to try to do your own thing. He wants people to know what they are honoring for, and to not just follow the leader without knowing what they’re