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Banality of Evil - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Demonic and evil events, exceeding the bounds of the norm
- - - - this will only make the world you are in a better place
      - If not, then you get a lot of mindlessness and no critical thinking
  - - - "Eichmann's own attitude was different. First of all, the indictment for murder was wrong: "with killing of Jews I had nothing to do. I never killed a Jew, or a non-Jew..." (pg. 22)
      - For example, Eichmann can be a character from an episode of The Office.
      - He is nameless, ordinary, dull, and un-noteworthy person.
      - He is just doing what he is asked in the system to have money and accomplish something.
        
        He considered that all he was doing was his job and if he didn't do his job he would have felt guilty.
  - - - "...for he left no doubt that he would have killed his own father if he had received an order to that effect..." (pg. 22)
- - - - He didn't know what else he was supposed to do
  - - - There was one learner and one teacher. If the learner got the wrong answer they were electrically shocked by the teacher by exceedingly high current.
      - The point of the experiment was to test how far the teachers will go causing paint to students while following orders.
      - 65% of teachers went all the way and administered the highest level of electric shock and 100% went up to 300V