¨Loyalty is such a force for destruction because it readily clashes with genuine virtues such as honesty and fairness - all while seeing itself as superior to those virtues.”(Asghar, paragraph 4). Blind loyalty is a trait that is often bad. In both the article, Loyalty Isn't A Virtue, It´s the Enemy of Workplace Ethics by Rob Asghar, and the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, blind loyalty is shown to be a poor trait.
Blind loyalty often makes a person appear weak and vulnerable. Evidence that supports the thesis is from the article, ¨Loyalty Isn't A Virtue, It´s the Enemy of Workplace Ethics¨ by Rob Asghar. He says ¨Loyalty is such a force for destruction because it readily clashes with genuine virtues such as honesty and fairness-all while seeing itself as superior to those virtues.¨This says that loyalty goes against virtues such as honesty and fairness, and sees itself as superior to those traits. This is not good, because honesty and fairness are important qualities that loyalty goes against. Since loyalty goes against these traits, it makes a person weak and vulnerable, because a person could easily lie to another person, but the other person would still be loyal to the person. Evidence that blind loyalty is a bad trait can be shown in various articles and books. Another piece of evidence that supports the claim is from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It says, ¨Help me into some house, Benvolio, or I shall faint. A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms´ meat of me, I have it, and soundly, too. Your houses!” (Shakespeare, Act 3, Sc.1). This quote is said by Mercutio, Romeo's best friend. Mercutio's loyalty to Romeo ends up getting him killed, showing that (blind) loyalty is a poor trait. Since Mercutio was blindly loyal to Romeo and the Montagues, he ended up in the fight between Tybalt and the Capulets, and Romeo and the Montagues. Instead of Romeo being the one to die, Mercutio ended up dying. His blind loyalty to Romeo and the Montagues proved to be a bad trait because it made him vulnerable, and a scapegoat in the Montague and Capulet war. Through both the article and Romeo and Juliet, one can clearly see that blind loyalty makes a person appear weak and vulnerable.
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Another reason why blind loyalty is a bad trait is because it makes a person easy to use. A piece of evidence that supports this is from the article ¨Loyalty Isn't A Virtue, It´s the Enemy of Workplace Ethics by Rob Asghar. Loyalty is what allows followers to not merely overlook the crimes of their leaders, but to spin them into acts of heroism.”(Asghar, paragraph 2). This states that loyalty is what causes people to overlook the bad deeds of their leaders, and to spin them into positive deeds. Blind loyalty makes a person easy to use because he or she will always be loyal. The person that they are loyal to can easily get away with doing something bad and can use his or her supporters any way they want, because of blind loyalty. The fact that blind loyalty makes a person easy to use can also be seen in Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo kills himself because he thinks Juliet is dead when she is alive. The quote says, ¨Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide! Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on the dashing rocks they seasick weary bark! Here's to my love. O´ true apothecary. Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.¨ (Shakespeare, Act 5, Sc.3). In this quote, Romeo commits suicide, because he believes that Juliet is dead (even though she is not). His blind loyalty to Juliet ended up getting him killed. His loyalty to Juliet made him weak (where Juliet was concerned), which made him easy to use. Knowing that Romeo is insanely loyal to Juliet, outsiders could´ve easily used Romeo by threatening him with Juliet, showing how blind loyalty makes a person easy to use. In both the article and Romeo and Juliet, a person could use loyalty against another person, making them easy to use/manipulate.
Some people may argue that blind loyalty to a person is necessary to an extent, but that’s not true. Blind loyalty towards first principles/traits is what is necessary for a relationship, not blind loyalty to a person. A quote that supports this is from the article, “Loyalty Isn’t A Virtue, It’s the Enemy of Workplace Ethics”, by Rob Asghar. He says, “The challenge is to move organizations away from the notion of loyalty towards first principles. These principles include transparency, integrity, accountability, and a constant readiness to reform in whatever way necessary matter whose personal interests may be affected.” (Asghar, paragraph 12). This points out how it is important to be loyal to certain principles, but not to a person. Being blindly loyal to a person makes a person easy to manipulate and use. Blind loyalty to a person is not a good trait and is not necessary in a relationship. Being loyal to first principles is what is needed in order for a relationship to work.
Blind loyalty is a poor trait because it makes a person easy to use, weak, and vulnerable. In both sources, blind loyalty is displayed to be a poor trait that makes you extremely weak and vulnerable, and in the case of Romeo and Juliet, it leads to a character’s death. Blind loyalty is also shown to make a person easy to use because loyalty to a person makes the person extremely gullible, and therefore easy to use. Blind loyalty is a trait that claims to be superior to traits such as honesty and fairness.
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