The Banality of Evil

Terrorism : The Banality of a Global Evil #

The ubiquity of contemporary terrorism defines the evilness of banality. A typical terrorist profile does not exist; it’s atypical character of this vile phenomenon that chills human rationality. This article briefly unravels the dynamics of terror and its implications. Un-separated terrorism and counter-terrorism destroy the climate for civil transformation. Our counterproductive interventions...

Beyond the banality of evil: three dynamics of an interactionist social psychology of tyranny.

Carnahan and McFarland critique the situationist account of the Stanford prison experiment by arguing that understanding extreme action requires consideration of individual characteristics and the interaction between person and situation. Haslam and Reicher develop this argument in two ways. First, they reappraise historical and psychological evidence that supports the broader "banality of evil...

The banality of tobacco deaths.

Perceptible evil in the view of Sadra

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Plantinga and the Logical Problem of Evil