
Episode 181: Hannah Arendt on the Banality of Evil (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Eternal Rich and Euthanasia
There's a lot tied up in the mythology of national socialism that people think of as, you know, this goes back to this idea about perpetrating the crime for the pursuance of a political aim. Andso arant points out a number of times that even when the war was winding down and they were desperately short on supplies, they never said we need to re direct these resources to do something else. It was a critical part of there, or at least of hitler's overall plan that this happen. That's where the element of race and racial purity in blood comes into play. But i think your general point that the motivation is irrelevant, right? We can look at the structure
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