Where Was Man

Question 1

Where was Germany in the civilization?

So what question could that bring up

Answer 1

Height of civilization
Achieved universal education

How can a modern culture like Germany commit such a murder

Question 2

How can a modern culture like Germany commit such a murder
Theory 1:
(What does Germany have a natural tendency to do)

Answer 2

Towards obedience
Following rules very strictly

Question 3

Theory 1: Germany has a natural tendency towards obedience
Problems:
1) how were many Germans carrying out the laws

2) what happened when hitler killed disabled Germans

Answer 3

1) many Germans were carrying out the persecution of Jews above the law

2) many Germans protested when found out diabetes Germans were being killed

Question 4

Theory 2 in how could a modern society like Germany commit such a mass murder

What wasn’t Germans tradition

Answer 4

Democracy
When Hitler took power = did not protest
Democracy will protect innocent
So that’s why it happened bc no democracy

Question 5

Problem with Germany did not have a tradition of democracy and that democracy will protect innocent
So that’s why it happened bc no democracy

Example

Answer 5

Morality doesn’t play the major role in government

America and Great Britain were democracies
And limited immigration during holocaust
Vs
Spain = dictatorship
Saved more Jews than most democracies

Question 6

What’s our own theory as to why Germany committed such mass murder

Answer 6

The very culture and belief of western civilization provided the basis for the holocaust

Question 7

Morality
Gd given vs Man Made

Who comes up with rules of morality
Can it be changed
Does it apply to everyone

Answer 7

Gd given - Gd said this is moral/this isn’t
Then it is what it is
Not debate
Cannot be changed
yea - applies to everyone

Man made- depends on what man thinks
Can be changed
Diff countries have diff standards

Question 8

Morality
gd given vs man made
Do people listen
Who do the rules control? Who does the man comtrol?

Answer 8

1) fear of gd forced adherence
2) rules control man

2) man can convince people to agree for however long they need
Man controls rules

Question 9

difference btwn murder and killing

Answer 9

murder = taking someones life for no good reason

killing = taking someones life

Question 10

ENLIGHTENMENT
what were people deciding to question

what did they decide

what did enlightenment cut out

Answer 10

GD

to make up their own rules and originally thought they would go back to GD
but opened up possibility to lead to different conclusion

society religious anchor

Question 11

what did enlightenment introduce

Answer 11

man made moral society

Question 12

how can we charge the nazis for something they did in their country

Answer 12

we know deep down that it is wrong no matter how many justifications

Question 13

who is Nietzsche

what did he preach

Answer 13

famous German philosopher

that there is a “superior man” beyond good and evil
saying there is no gd
Man is Gd and comes around sometimes

Question 14

what does darwin preach

Answer 14

there is no GD
we come from animals
survival of the fittest
man is better animal

Question 15

thoughts on charity from darwin perspective

Answer 15

unnatural
comes from judeo-christian ethic

Question 16

what does nietzsche say about morality

Answer 16

dont be bound by concepts of good n evil

Question 17

what did nazis always talked about

Answer 17

superior race - did not believe in christanity

Question 18

why couldnt germans believe in christianity

Answer 18

bc religion say you have to listen to GDs rules

Question 19

how is nazi mentality similar to darwin

Answer 19

Nazis say we’re better animals than everyone else
turn to natural order of thing
listen to animal soul - no spiritual soul

Question 20

where was man during holocaust
how can such a superior well educated country go that far to mass murder

Answer 20

man was doing what he thought was right - decided for themselves
Germans took it to the max