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David R. Blumenthal The Banality of Good and Evil (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- The Banality of Good and Evil
- Publication Name
- Banality of Good and Evil : Moral Lessons from the Shoah and Jewish Tradition
- Title
- The Banality of Good and Evil
- Subtitle
- Moral Lessons from the Shoah and Jewish Tradition
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0878407154
- EAN
- 9780878407156
- ISBN
- 9780878407156
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Topic
- Philosophy & Spirituality
- Release Year
- 1999
- Release Date
- 05/04/1999
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Series
- Moral Traditions Ser.
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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People who helped exterminate Jews during the shoah (Hebrew for "holocaust") often claimed that they only did what was expected of them. Intrigued by hearing the same response from individuals who rescued Jews, David R. Blumenthal proposes that the notion of ordinariness used to characterize Nazi evil is equally applicable to goodness. In this provocative book, Blumenthal develops a new theory of human behavior that identifies the social and psychological factors that foster both good and evil behavior. Drawing on lessons primarily from the shoah but also from well-known obedience and altruism experiments, My Lai, and the civil rights movement, Blumenthal deftly interweaves insights from psychology, history, and social theory to create a new way of looking at human behavior. Blumenthal identifies the factors -- social hierarchy, education, and childhood discipline -- that shape both good and evil attitudes and actions. Considering how our religious and educational institutions might do a better job of encouraging goodness and discouraging evil, he then makes specific recommendations for cultivating goodness in people, stressing the importance of the social context of education. He reinforces his ideas through stories, teachings, and case histories from the Jewish tradition that convey important lessons in resistance and goodness. Appendices include the ethical code of the Israel Defense Forces, material on non-violence from the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center, a suggested syllabus for a Jewish elementary school, and a list of prosocial sources on the Web, as well as a complete bibliography. If people can commit acts of evil without thinking, why can't even more commit acts of kindness? Writing with power and insight, Blumenthal shows readers of all faiths how we might replace patterns of evil with empathy, justice, and caring, and through a renewed attention to moral education, perhaps prevent future shoahs.
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Publisher
Georgetown University Press
ISBN-10
0878407154
ISBN-13
9780878407156
eBay Product ID (ePID)
388339
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Banality of Good and Evil : Moral Lessons from the Shoah and Jewish Tradition
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Moral Traditions Ser.
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bj1401.B58 1999
Grade from
College Graduate Student
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"It is a pleasure and a privilege to offer this review of this excellent book... Blumenthal is to be commended for the brilliance and the erudition with which he has handled a very difficult and provocative subject in this masterful work." -- Conservative Judaism, Blumenthal has written an unusually well reasoned, well researched, and well presented book involving his post-Holocaust moral and religious reflections on preventing future genocides . . . Blumenthal's effort to integrate his science-based findings about values with selected prosocial teachings in Judaism and to commend this approach for those of other faiths adds a traditional richness to his work., "Blumenthal has written an unusually well reasoned, well researched, and well presented book involving his post-Holocaust moral and religious reflections on preventing future genocides... Blumenthal's effort to integrate his science-based findings about values with selected prosocial teachings in Judaism and to commend this approach for those of other faiths adds a traditional richness to his work." -- Choice
Copyright Date
1999
Topic
Ethics, Judaism / General, Good & Evil
Lccn
98-043090
Dewey Decimal
296.3/6
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Genre
Religion, Philosophy
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