The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Many societies which we think about today have some sort of overseeing authority overlooking it and making decisions that affect it for better or for worse. It has been said that society works best when people question its authority. I mostly agree with this statement for two reasons and disagree with it for another reason.
Firstly, if society members discuss issues with city council members in an open discussion, they can improve their well-being by influencing some of the decisions that the city could make. The city authority may not know what is best for their own members as they are caught up in the myriad of other duties they have. So, when a particular proposal is brought up such as using remaining funds to go to building a statue in a public park when it is not in the best interest the surrounding community, they can question this decision by revising the proposal to make the funds go to some other project that will better contribute to the well-being of society such as new schools. This means that questioning authority allows people to improve their well-being through questioning authority’s choices that have been made when it is not the absolute best for their society.
Additionally, democratic societies’ well-being is enhanced when people question authority though the voting process. If members were unable to question authority and then select their leaders, it is possible that their well-being could be threatened. For example, the American democratic system allows its citizens to choose their leaders in place of those who are deamed questionable. In dictatorships such as North Korea and Stalinist Russia, society’s well-being has been threatened for many years since the people of those countries live in constant fear of saying something that could have them arrested. Thus, the ability for citizens of a society to question authority, and choose their leader will enhance their well-being.
On the other hand, it is sometimes for the best that people do not question their authority. It might be the case that people are simply not well informed enough to question authority at all. To illustrate, take into consideration how news is delivered nowadays. So many people get personalized newsfeeds off of their computers and smartphone which has a lot of potential for bias. It is also possible for people to “like” or “dislike” a particular story which will tell the AI that the reader does not like a particular story and will change the kinds of stories which are delivered. Among those delivered, it will exclue the full picture of the issue and leave people too uninformed about what to think and how to judge authority since many news stories are relevant to authority. All in all, with today’s news stories treated more like entertainment, people may not be able to accurately judge how to properly evaluate authority and know what is best for their own well-being.
In conclusion, this is a complex issue where no one extreme may be taken. Although people questioning authority can lead to their betterment, it also may not be in their best interests since they may not be well informed about the issues at hand.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 142, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...improve their well-being by influencing some of the decisions that the city could make. The...
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Line 5, column 363, Rule ID: WHO_NOUN[1]
Message: A noun should not follow "who". Try changing to a verb or maybe to 'who is a are'.
Suggestion: who is a are
... choose their leaders in place of those who are deamed questionable. In dictatorships s...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, if, look, may, so, then, thus, well, for example, in conclusion, sort of, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 11.3162921348 194% => OK
Pronoun: 54.0 33.0505617978 163% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 62.0 58.6224719101 106% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2684.0 2235.4752809 120% => OK
No of words: 528.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.08333333333 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79356345386 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88954330548 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 241.0 215.323595506 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.456439393939 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 819.9 704.065955056 116% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 67.2080062178 60.3974514979 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.80952381 118.986275619 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.1428571429 23.4991977007 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.04761904762 5.21951772744 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.261223996495 0.243740707755 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0986928417005 0.0831039109588 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0534770615547 0.0758088955206 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.170804154713 0.150359130593 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.075882425792 0.0667264976115 114% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 14.1392134831 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.48 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.84 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 100.480337079 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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