Moral Followership and Modern Tyranny

Name: Moral Followership and Modern Tyranny
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ISBN: 9783639354874

ISBN-10: 3639354877

ISBN-13: 9783639354874

Edition: N/A

Authors: Tristan Dineen

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This thesis is an investigation of the role of morality in motivating the followers of 20th century tyrannies. Karl Popper argued that what interested him about modern tyrants was that they all possessed huge followings of dedicated followers who ascribed to the tyrant's "moral message." Like the dedicated followers of any cause they believed that what they were supporting was morally righteous. The focus of this study is the often neglected followers of two such 20th century tyrants - Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein - and why they came to view these "evil" men as the righteous saviours of their respective peoples and lands. Concluding that in circumstances where a segment of the human…

Book details

List price: $43.00
Publisher: AV Akademikerverlag GmbH & Co. KG
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 92
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.22" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English