Ethics

Eichmann in Jerusalem

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Hannah Arendt

1963

Born from Arendt's reporting on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, this controversial work introduces the concept of the "banality of evil" — the idea that Eichmann was not a monster but a thoughtless, careerist bureaucrat who abdicated moral judgment. The book raises profound questions about personal responsibility, collective guilt, and the nature of evil in modern bureaucratic systems.