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9780878407156

The Banality of Good and Evil

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    9780878407156

  • ISBN10:

    0878407154

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-06-01
  • Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr

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Summary

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

Table of Contents

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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