The Banality of Good and Evil

Blumenthal develops a new theory of human behavior that identifies the social and psychological factors that foster both good and evil behavior.

Foreword

vii

Roadmap

1

(16)

I Knew a Jewish Nazi

1

(3)

Analytic Reprise

4

(3)

Counterpoint

7

(2)

Getting from There to Here

9

(2)

On Matters of Personal Privilege

11

(4)

Counter-text

15

(2)

PART ONE: The Descriptive-Analytic Task

17

(86)

The Field

19

(16)

The Studies

19

(2)

Some Philosophical, Moral-Legal, and Methodological Problems

21

(6)

Toward a Field Theory of That which Facilitates Both Good and Evil

27

(5)

The Art of Moral Living

32

(1)

Counter-text

33

(2)

Hierarchy and Role

35

(23)

Insertion into a Hierarchy Which Does, or Which Tolerates, Evil

35

(6)

Insertion into a Hierarchy Which Does, or Which Tolerates, Good

41

(4)

Role and Rule in Determining Antisocial Action and Responsibility

45

(6)

Role and Rule in Determining Prosocial Action and Responsibility

51

(4)

Summary

55

(1)

Counter-text

55

(3)

Teaching and Praxis

58

(26)

Teaching That Leads to Evil

58

(8)

Teaching That Leads to Good

66

(9)

The Praxis of Evil

75

(5)

The Praxis of Good

80

(2)

Summary

82

(1)

Counter-text

82

(2)

Childhood Discipline and Personality

84

(19)

Insights from the Model of the Abused Child

84

(8)

Insights from the Model of the Authoritarian Personality

92

(4)

Abuse, Authoritarianism, and the Culture of Cruelty

96

(1)

The Prosocial Childhood and the Altruistic Personality

97

(3)

Modeling, Prosocial Discipline, and the Culture of Care

100

(1)

Summary

101

(1)

Counter-text

101

(2)

PART TWO: The Prescriptive-Normative Task

103

(38)

Transition

105

(10)

Recapitulation

105

(1)

God's Grief

106

(2)

Humanity's Response

108

(6)

Co-text

114

(1)

The Affections and Value-Concepts of the Prosocial Life

115

(11)

``Affections''

115

(1)

Eleven Affections of the Prosocial Life

116

(1)

``Value-Concepts''

117

(2)

Twelve Value-Concepts of the Prosocial Life

119

(4)

Weaving the Web: Value-Concepts, Affections, and Teachings

123

(1)

Weaving the Web: Moral Structures and Patterns of Behavior

124

(1)

Co-text

125

(1)

Do This

126

(15)

Pre-text

126

(1)

Religion and the Secular Humanist Tradition

127

(1)

Failure Creates a Problem

128

(4)

Four Very Strong Recommendations for Encouraging Prosocial Attitudes and Behaviors

132

(6)

The Ten Commandments for Resistant and Caring Living

138

(1)

Co-text

139

(2)

PART THREE: The Voice of Jewish Tradition

141

(88)

The Tradition and the Problem

143

(6)

The Tradition and the Social Sciences

143

(4)

Reading Rabbinic Texts

147

(1)

Counter-text

148

(1)

Some Jewish Prosocial Value-Concepts

149

(19)

Tselem (Image)

150

(2)

Brit (Convenant)

152

(5)

Tsedek (Justice)

157

(3)

Hasidut/Hesed (Caring)

160

(6)

Counter-text

166

(2)

Stories of Resistance and Goodness

168

(14)

Resistance to Human Authority

168

(5)

Stories of Goodness

173

(1)

Resisting God

174

(6)

Counter-text

180

(2)

Teachings of Resistance and Goodness

182

(14)

Hokheah Tokhiah (You Shall Surely Reprove Your Acquaintance)

182

(2)

Lo Tisna'(Do Not Hate Your Fellow in Your Heart)

184

(4)

Yetser Tov (Good Impulse) and Yester ha-Ra' (Evil Impulse)

188

(5)

Kiddush ha-Shem (Martyrdom)

193

(2)

Counter-text

195

(1)

Four Case Studies

196

(25)

`Ein Shaliah le-Dvar' Avera (Military Disobedience)

196

(6)

Lo Tihye Aharei Rabbim Lera'ot (Judicial Dissent)

202

(4)

Lo Ta'amod (The Obligation to Rescue)

206

(6)

Violence and Nonviolence

212

(8)

Counter-text

220

(1)

Hierarchy, Authority, and Autonomy in Teaching Judaism

221

(8)

Applying the Lessons

221

(6)

Counter-text

227

(2)

Aftermatter

229

(36)

Appendixes

A: The New Ethical Code of the IDF

231

(8)

B: The Ten Commandments of the Solomon Schechter Day School Community

239

(2)

C: The 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action (The Einstein Institute)

241

(4)

D: Six Steps for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center)

245

(2)

E: Six Principles of Nonviolence (The King Center)

247

(2)

F: List of Prosocial Resources on the Web

249

(3)

G: Syllabus for ``The Problem of Evil''

252

(4)

H: Social Action Rabbinics Curriculum: Na'aseh ve-Nishma'

256

(6)

I: Introduction to Holocaust and Human Behavior

262

(3)

Notes

265

(42)

Selected Bibliography

307

(8)

Glossary

315

(2)

Indexes

Subject Index

317

(4)

Source Index

321

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