With the word "monster" liberally thrown around to describe people who do awful, awful things, typically without remorse, and people on the other side of the argument arguing that they're "only human," is it ever acceptable to dehumanize someone who doesn't act in a way most sane people wouldn't describe as "human?"
The Banality of Evil seems like a massive copout in the face of the monstrous behavior of the Nazis, or the membership of the Ugandan government who passed the latest anti-homosexual legislation, or the missionaries who encouraged them to do so. How can someone, or even a group of human beings pass judgment along a large swath of people who have done nothing to them and hold themselves up as paragons of humanity?
Do these people forfeit their right to be called or treated as human beings? Is this hypocritical, or justifiable based on their treatment of others?
The Banality of Evil seems like a massive copout in the face of the monstrous behavior of the Nazis, or the membership of the Ugandan government who passed the latest anti-homosexual legislation, or the missionaries who encouraged them to do so. How can someone, or even a group of human beings pass judgment along a large swath of people who have done nothing to them and hold themselves up as paragons of humanity?
Do these people forfeit their right to be called or treated as human beings? Is this hypocritical, or justifiable based on their treatment of others?
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