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Episode 181: Hannah Arendt on the Banality of Evil (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Failure of Judgment

Part one of a two-part series on the death penalty in Nazi Germany. The book explores how people try to get around their own sense of right and wrong by claiming that they are doing it for some kind of greater good. In part two, we look at what happens when you divorce yourself as an agent from the actual action. Come back next week for part two!

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