The Evil of Banality
"The Banality of Evil" refers to the idea that people can do very bad things to others without having malice towards them or some deeply rooted ideological justification. People can be evil simply by doing mundane everyday tasks. This idea was popularized by Hannah Arendt in her book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. Adolf Eichman…
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