Just Following Orders: The Coward’s Excuse for Evil
Just Following Orders: The Coward’s Excuse for Evil
Why Obedience Without Conscience Destroys Nations—and How You Can Refuse to Be a Weapon
by Sam Choo
“I’m just following orders.”
These five words have defended war crimes, excused oppression, and fueled some of the darkest chapters in human history. But obedience without conscience is not loyalty. It is cowardice.
In Just Following Orders: The Coward’s Excuse for Evil, Sam Choo delivers a powerful, uncompromising call to stop hiding behind silence and start choosing courage. With piercing clarity and gripping real-world examples—from Nazi Germany to modern border camps—this book exposes how ordinary people become foot soldiers of cruelty when they surrender their moral compass to authority.
This is not a book about dictators. It is about the everyday worker, officer, teacher, or citizen who chooses comfort over conscience, rules over righteousness, and silence over standing up.
If you've ever wondered what you would do in a time of moral crisis—this book is your mirror.
This is your moment.
Will you follow the script—or will you burn the page?
