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Originally Posted by kerry
Just finished reading Becoming Eichmann. He argued he was just following orders and following orders was virtuous. .
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As I have posted in other threads---Humans are capable of rationalizing anything. Maybe that rationalization is a necessity.
On a related note---I went to a production of Shakespeare's 'All's Well that ends well" in Staunton, VA last week. One of the actors has a speech where he argues that the man who loves his ( the actor's) wife is showing true friendship. IOW, the husband was able to rationalize his wife's adultery. Old Willy gave a marvelous illustration of our ability to rationalize--and his illustration carries none of the Nazi/Hitler overtones.