that a person uses their reasoning ability‚ Kantian ethics can never truly be “blindly followed‚” since reason would prevent anyone from making “blind” decisions. For example‚ consider if someone hiding Jews during the Holocaust was asked by the Gestapo “Are you hiding Jews?” In one way‚ it is the person’s moral duty to tell the truth. On the other hand‚ it is their moral duty to preserve their own life and the lives of the people they are hiding. This shows Kantian ethics is not always a clear choice
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Socialism “We call socialism every doctrine which teases that the state has a right to correct the inequality of wealth which exists among men‚ and to legally establish the balance by taking from those who have too much in order to give to those who have not enough.” (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon) Socialism is one of the political ideologies which can be described as the structure or organisation of
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The Holocaust: Sacrifice by Fire. The horrors began in 1933. By 1945‚ over 6 million men‚ women and children had been murdered. In the United States alone‚ there are over 100 Holocaust-related memorials which provide people with visual and factual information. For some people‚ certain historic events make a larger impact than others. For me‚ that event is the Holocaust. Since the moment I learned about it‚ it has never been far from my thoughts. Just the fact that the Germans surrendered and the
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SHORT- TERM CONSEQUENCES 1. The creation of new states There were several treaties signed after the treaty of Versailles. This treaty was signed by Germany‚ but other countries such as Austria‚ Hungary‚ Bulgaria and Turkey‚ also had to sign their own treaties. In September 1919‚ just some months after signing the Treaty of Versailles‚ the Treaty of Saint-German was signed with Austria. Due to this treaty Austria’s land got reduced to 84.000 kilometers and it had to accept the independence of Hungary
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campaign to consolidate power by 1934. The SA was frequently involved in an extensive number of arrests‚ in street violence‚ brawls and assassinations. They were also known for their outrageous techniques and constantly broke the law. In 1933 the Gestapo was established to reinforce Nazi control. This group symbolised how Hitler used force and intimidation to achieve his ultimate goal; to rule by decree. The leader of the “brown
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This argument is interesting when applied to Hoss because he was farther away from the killing process as the Commandant of Auschwitz and did not directly kill the prisoners‚ therefore Hoss felt that the responsibility of the killing lay on the hands of his superiors‚ like Himmler‚ because he was passing down orders from higher authority. The frightening thing about the Milgram experiment is that it proves that Hoss’ makeup was not dissimilar from that of any ordinary person and if any ordinary person
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create a racially pure state. Hitler in January of 1933 started his fascist dictatorship with the opening of his campaign for racially pure nation which soon lead to the holocaust("The Rise of Adolf Hitler"). To grow his empire Hitler created the Gestapo and twenty five points that were to be forced on the people of Germany. Some of the points made by Hitler are: "immigration of non-Germans must be prevented‚ no one should do anything that hurts the interests of the community‚ all editors and their
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Nuremberg Trials Andrew Dangler University of Phoenix Abstract: A brief look at the Nuremberg Trials and some of the people involved. It steps upon the problems leading to the start of the trials including three of the doctors‚ three of the experiments performed on prisoners‚ and the judgment of three people involved with carrying out the vulgar experiments. Also included are three people who decided to commit suicide instead of facing certain death after going before a jury. The three people
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Were there endemic weaknesses which explain the defeat of the Third Reich? In the aftermath of the Second War‚ historians- their judgement clearer with the benefit of hindsight- have clamoured to give their accounts of why Hitler’s Third Reich was defeated‚ often pointing to structural failings within the state. Nazi Germany’s downfall was not inevitable‚ though‚ and indeed for over two years‚ between the summer of 1940 and autumn of 1942‚ the outcome of the war was far from certain. Yet‚ just
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Number A-7713 “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. […] Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things‚ even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never” (Wiesel). This quote‚ taken from the book Night by Elie Wiesel‚ testifies to the concept of transformation for Eliezer‚ a Jewish teenager who was forced to experience the horrors of the Holocaust. Eliezer‚ when living
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