The Nazis chose volunteers who were very Nazi. They thought maybe that they would need to get special people and inspire them. But Goldhagen's point is, well, you could just do it with random draftees and not even give them much pressure and they'd still do it,. Right? So the other making excuses for Nazi, this is so typical I can't even tell you.
Special guest Eric Schwitzgebel joins David and Tamler to discuss the moral behavior (or lack thereof) of ethicists. Does moral reflection make us better people, or does it just give us better excuses to be immoral? Who's more right about human nature--Mencius or Xun Zi? What did Kant have against bastards and masturbating? Plus, we talk about jerks, robot cars, and killing baby Hitler. (Godwin's Law within 1:42--might be a new record for us).
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