Munich 1938

[monk222]

When Chamberlain met with Hitler on September 15 at the Burghof, Hitler's Berchtesgaden mountain retreat, he came away with a hopelessly mistaken impression of the German leader, writing to one of his sisters that "in spite of the hardness and ruthlessness I thought I saw in his face, I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word."

-- "Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945" by Carlo D'Este

Comments

Nature of Evil

[poovanna.livejournal.com]

I do think we can understand evil somewhat even if to say it was Joker-style done for the sake of mayhem and chaos. Evil is a lot like art in that way. The opposite really--destruction rather than creation.

If you do have time, take a look at this page. You might find it interesting.

If you do not have time, then take a look at my comment here and let me know what you think? :)

Re: Nature of Evil

[antilapsarian.livejournal.com]

Didn't have much time to look, but took a quick glance. I'm with you most of the way...esp. appreciation that the usual def of evil is either not fully analyzed or bound up in personal/power issues. I'm definitely sympathetic to evolutionary notions about the benefits of altruism. Perhaps evil then is a kind of socially selfish behavior that fails to regard others as oneself?

But that opens a can of worms for me about not giving to the homeless who ask for change here in Chicago. It definitely makes me feel guilty to say no sometimes...one could make the argument that is a kind of evil.