Ordinary People and Extraordinary Evil A Report on the Beguilings of Evil

Name: Ordinary People and Extraordinary Evil A Report on the Beguilings of Evil
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ISBN: 9780791414422

ISBN-10: 0791414426

ISBN-13: 9780791414422

Edition: 1993

Authors: Fred Emil Katz

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Posits that our most ordinary behavior can lead us to participate in the most horrendous acts, perhaps even with zeal and joy, but certainly without remorse. Using the Holocaust as the pivotal example, examines the lives of the head of Auschwitz and a physician there, then the life of an exemplary physician to show the similarity; an American officer in Vietnam is also examined. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 7/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary


Evil Defined


Look at Evil Behaviorally


Is Evil Real?


Who Produces Extraordinary Evil?


Overview of the Book



Confronting Evil and its Paradoxes


Arendt's View of Eichmann


Is a Dispassionate Study of Evil Possible?


The Desire to Ignore Evil


People May Deliberately Engage in Evil Activities



Behavior Mechanisms at Work


Incremental Processes


Packages and Riders


The Question of Autonomy: The Cunning of Governments and the Contributions of Citizens



Some Faces of Evil


A Humane American Physician


An SS Physician


A Nazi Bureaucrat: Chief of the Auschwitz Extermination Camp


My Lai



Conclusion: Turning away from Evil


A Fable About the Two Research-Minded Physicians


Raoul Wallenberg and Rudolf Hoess Revisited


The Compelling Power of Immediacy and Extricating Oneself from Taking Part in Evil


Another Look at the Five Paradoxes: Some Answers, Some New Questions, Some Hope


The Larger Picture


Notes


References


Index