Crime Of Obedience In The Case Of Nazi's
Giselle,
Nicely said. You did a good job using the book as a source and then defining it in your own words. Crime of obedience is an interesting topic, because most people who are committing illegal or immoral acts know that what they are doing is wrong, yet they proceed to do so because they feel pressured or threatened to. In some cases threatening the life of ones family members is a major motivator to make them follow through with what they are expected to do. In the case of the Nazi’s, the individuals who were given orders were technically not committing crimes because, their orders were in fact legal under the German law at that time, therefore they thought they were doing nothing wrong.
Nicely said. You did a good job using the book as a source and then defining it in your own words. Crime of obedience is an interesting topic, because most people who are committing illegal or immoral acts know that what they are doing is wrong, yet they proceed to do so because they feel pressured or threatened to. In some cases threatening the life of ones family members is a major motivator to make them follow through with what they are expected to do. In the case of the Nazi’s, the individuals who were given orders were technically not committing crimes because, their orders were in fact legal under the German law at that time, therefore they thought they were doing nothing wrong.