The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority.
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A society can only progress if there are people who continue to ask probing questions about the day to day workings of a society.This gives us valuable insights about the matter and also gives us a new perspective or a different way to look at the problems existing in our society. Additionally with so many new perspectives coming into picture, we can tackle our problems in an efficient way.

Our history is full of Instances where previously held beliefs were proven wrong inspite of the initial backlash it faced from the society.For example people used to think that the earth is flat and that there is an endpoint to it. When the idea was put forward that the earth was a sphere and that there was no end point to it, the ideologues were too stubborn to accept the claim.The scientists had to work hard to get their point across to the general public.In the End the scientists were proven right because they questioned the claims mentioned in these so called doctrines.To state another example, a Polish Scientist Nicolas Copernicus challenged the long held belief that the sun revolved around the earth when in fact it was the other way round.He too had to face the anger of the public who were too obdurate in accepting this new idea which was put forward.Copernicus backed his claim with substantial proofs and in the end he was proved right.Thus we can see that in the field of science, curious people have asked difficult questions which has helped the society developed.

In the field of Politics, every move of the politicians are questioned.This helps the politicians in considering each of their decisions very carefully and look at it from every angle so that the nations progresses together there not many questions about it.This helps the society move forward and will be beneficial for it as a whole.In fact questioning the authority was helpful for india in gaining independence back in 1947. Britishers were the rulers of India for more than 200 years and we would have probably remained under their rule if we did not have the courage to stand up and question the authority of the British. Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and all the freedom fighters questioned the British in every step they took despite their lives being in danger until they got what they had the right to:Independence.Therefore we can see that the society can only progress when people question authority.

Although questioning the authority helps the society to move forward there have been many instances where there has to be a certain level of decorum which has to be maintained.Take the example of soccer where a manager of a soccer team might want to substitute a player for someone else despite the former playing a good game.The reasons might be intrinsic but you cannot question the authority of the manager because he makes the decision.If the manager is questioned by his own players the team will break down resulting in loss of the spirit of the team which might impact its performance.
Despite all the disadvantages about asking questions, I feel that the pros outweigh the cons and in the end the society can only move forward if we question the authority.