06-14-2005, 09:31 PM
Nystul,Jun 14 2005, 02:56 PM Wrote:I guess it is just that, 60 years after the fact, the results seem so self-evident. The more repulsed you would be by the experiment, the more afraid you would be to stop. Perhaps I, unlike the psychologist who set up this experiment, find nothing surprising about the behavior of the Nazi soldiers who were "just following orders".
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They were also exercising a simple human reaction to accusation of wrong doing, which is known as shifting blame. Likewise, they were indulging in a game of survival, since they were powerless in a general sense to prevent the conquering powers from doing to them as they pleased. In order to survive outside of a prison, they did whatever they thought would work not to end up in jail.
What does telling the truth have to do with anything? In a survival situation, you will do what it takes to survive.
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete