Why do some people risk sacrificing everything to expose inappropriate behavior?
Some people have so much courage that they challenge bullying, ill-treatment and corruption and even risk their lives for it. How do they develop such courage and can other people learn from their courage?
Senator Mitt Romney from the U.S. state of Utah voted against President Donald Trump in February of this year on charges of abuse of power, making him the first U.S. senator to become president of his own party.
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Voted in the impeachment motion against Erica Cheung and Tyler Schultz, two employees of Theranos, a US health technology company, have expressed concern about the company's operations, despite the long-term consequences of their professional careers.
Hollywood actresses Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan have publicly accused Harvey Weinstein, a very rich film producer, of harassment and sexual assault, despite threatening to ruin his film career if he did so. Were gone.
All of these people dared to speak out against bad behavior, even though they were under tremendous pressure.
Although the details of each of these incidents are quite different from each other, what they all have in common is their courage to do something.
These people who rebel because of their belief in high moral values are 'moral rebels' or 'moral rebels', despite all the negative consequences, in which society stands against them, society separates them from them or Damaged by his career, he will remain committed to defending his principled position at all costs. "Moral Rebels" or moral rebels show courage in all kinds of situations.
They dare to stop a bully, they can scold their friend for racist talk, they can complain about their partner's corporate fraud. Does he think that some people dare to point out a bad character no matter how much they have to pay for it?
First of all, because of their belief in high moral values, these rebellious people, the 'moral rebels', think very highly of themselves, consider themselves great human beings.
They have so much self-confidence that they are completely confident about their opinions, decisions, values and abilities. They also believe that their ideas are better than others, so they have a social responsibility to share their ideas with others.
Moral Rebels usually have less hesitation than others. Perhaps most importantly, such people are less likely to agree with the crowd around them.
Therefore, when they have to choose between living with the people and disagreeing with them, they are more likely to choose the truth. Neuroscience research shows that people's ability to resist social pressure varies with the structure of their brain anatomy.
People who are concerned about agreeing somewhere show that one part of their brain has more dark matter (gray matter), this part of the brain is called the 'orbetofrontal cortex' which is located in front of the head. The back of the bone is on one side of the outer layer of the bone.
This space, which is just behind your eyebrows, creates memories of events that result in negation. This condition helps you to stay away from the things you want to avoid in the future. For example, if your partner rejects water. People who try to stay connected to the values of the group in one way or another have intense activity in two other parts (circuits) of their brain, one that reacts to social distress.
For example, when you experience rejection from a group ... And the second part (circuit) is that which tries to understand the feelings and thoughts of others. In other words, people who feel bad about being separated from their group try their best to stay connected to it.
What does this state of mind say about 'moral rebellions'?
For some people the feeling that you are different from other people makes them feel very bad and this feeling also happens on a neurological level.
This may not be important to other people, which makes it much easier for them to resist social pressure.
These characteristics bring a "moral rebel" closer to absolute atheist ideas in terms of the purpose for which he is standing. (Atheistic thinking, that is, thinking that arises from a belief that we do not know or can not know God.)
You may be the only voice in a free-thinking family that opposes the right to abortion, or you may be the only voice that advocates the right to abortion in a conservative family.
What are the things that make a society rebellious on the basis of a principled position, that is, make a 'moral rebel'?
Doing something practical based on moral courage helps a lot. Many of the human rights activists who took part in many civil rights rallies in the southern United States in the 1960s were children of parents who had shown moral courage and Civil rights were spoken of, as were the Germans whose parents saved the lives of many Jews during the Holocaust.
Seeing people as role models who are morally upright can also inspire you. An emerging 'moral rebel' needs to have empathy, the ability to see the world from another angle. Meeting people from different backgrounds and spending time with them and understanding them helps a lot.
For a white school student who meets more people from other ethnic groups, in their neighborhoods, at school and in sports activities, he is more sympathetic to people from different minorities and has a positive attitude towards them.
There is a strong possibility that such a student will complain if his classmate speaks inappropriately to an ethnic group, sympathizes with him if he becomes a victim of racism, or sympathizes with the teacher. Will report the incident.
People who are more sensitive to others are more likely to help someone who has been bullied. Finally, the moralist rebel must know a few specific skills that he must practice using. Research has shown that young boys and girls who use arguments during arguments with their parents, instead of showing annoyance, pressure or rudeness.
These are people who have a strong ability to resist drugs and alcohol. Why is this? People who can argue effectively and persevere despite pressure on their arguments can make better use of this ability to argue with their peers.
Ethical rebels clearly have some different characteristics that enable them to stand up for what they think is right, but what about the rest of society? Are useless people who do not dare to stand on one side and say bad things to others?
Fortunately, we can say that this is not the case. It is possible that the ability to resist social pressure can be developed. In other words, everyone can learn to be a moral rebel.