Hannah arendt- the danger of the unthinking man.
Was eichmann truly evil or was he just a victim of circumstances? Would we have done the same things as he did, taking orders unquestioningly, believing that we are just “doing our job”?
Isn’t behavior like this very militant? When soldiers kill, should they then be branded as murderers or evil men? The purpose could be deemed as a moral duty to protect our countrymen but the end result is still the same, isn’t it? There’s blood on your hands no matter how we justify it.
