Comments on: Moral blinders and the Banality of Evil. What you don’t ponder won’t disturb your conscience. http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/11/03/moral-blinders-and-the-banality-of-evil-what-you-don%e2%80%99t-notice-wont-bother-your-conscience/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Milgram redux | Dangerous Intersection http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/11/03/moral-blinders-and-the-banality-of-evil-what-you-don%e2%80%99t-notice-wont-bother-your-conscience/comment-page-1/#comment-68858 Milgram redux | Dangerous Intersection Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:06:34 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=699#comment-68858 [...] How can people on the “show” be so cruel?  In my opinion, the Milgram study is a finding that relates to limited human attentional capacity. Our limited and rickety working memory can easily be filled with things (such as audience encouragement and the “authority figure” of a show host) which leaves little room for moral processing.   Simply fill up our heads with TV, “the threat of terrorism,”  or whatever, and we are willing to not attend to everything else.  We are incredibly fallible beings.   I would also suggest that Hannah Arendt’s concept of banality of evil illustrates this human vulnerability to attentional distraction.  I explain my reasoning regarding human attention capacity in the context of Arendt’s work here... [...] [...] How can people on the “show” be so cruel?  In my opinion, the Milgram study is a finding that relates to limited human attentional capacity. Our limited and rickety working memory can easily be filled with things (such as audience encouragement and the “authority figure” of a show host) which leaves little room for moral processing.   Simply fill up our heads with TV, “the threat of terrorism,”  or whatever, and we are willing to not attend to everything else.  We are incredibly fallible beings.   I would also suggest that Hannah Arendt’s concept of banality of evil illustrates this human vulnerability to attentional distraction.  I explain my reasoning regarding human attention capacity in the context of Arendt’s work here… [...]

]]> By: Walking the walk to encourage sustainable living - No Impact Man | Dangerous Intersection http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/11/03/moral-blinders-and-the-banality-of-evil-what-you-don%e2%80%99t-notice-wont-bother-your-conscience/comment-page-1/#comment-60407 Walking the walk to encourage sustainable living - No Impact Man | Dangerous Intersection Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:49:33 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=699#comment-60407 [...] committed out of ignorance–I was often reminded of Hannah Arendt’s concept of “The Banality of Evil.”   It is my hope and my faith that if people really knew the extent to which their local [...] [...] committed out of ignorance–I was often reminded of Hannah Arendt’s concept of “The Banality of Evil.”   It is my hope and my faith that if people really knew the extent to which their local [...]

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/11/03/moral-blinders-and-the-banality-of-evil-what-you-don%e2%80%99t-notice-wont-bother-your-conscience/comment-page-1/#comment-19562 Erich Vieth Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:33:22 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=699#comment-19562 Here's a great example of the banality of evil: "All I do is sew clothes." http://www.motherjones.com/photos/aryan-outfitters/ Here’s a great example of the banality of evil: “All I do is sew clothes.”

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