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- Title
Moral Exemplarism as a Powerful Indoctrinating Tool.
- Authors
Kotsonis, Alkis
- Abstract
Nazi propaganda was so powerful and allowed so little room for deviation that its consequences remain incontestably palpable today: 'Germans who grew up under the Nazi regime are much more anti-Semitic than those born before or after that period: the share of committed anti-Semites, who answer a host of questions about attitudes toward Jews in an extreme fashion, is 2-3 times higher than in the population as a whole. Zagzebski's main argument against those employing the Nazi example is her belief that Nazis would change their beliefs if they reflected consciously on their admiration: 'Nazis could have figured out that there was something wrong with Hitler by comparing him with other persons they admired... A Nazi who is conscientious in my sense would reflect upon his admiration for Hitler, compare Hitler with other persons he admires, and compare his reaction to Hitler with the emotions of others he trusts' ([39], p. 48). Through it, the Nazi party was able to condition the population in Nazi Germany to admire certain non-virtuous agents (e.g. Hitler) and certain non-virtuous "ideals"(e.g. One could employ Koonz's ([18]) study to defend Zagzebski's ([39]) theory and argue that the Nazi indoctrination program allowed room for Nazis to admire some of the same people that we admire.
- Subjects
VIRTUE; VIRTUE ethics; ETHICS; INDOCTRINATION; DEONTOLOGICAL ethics; KANTIAN ethics; EDUCATION ethics; DECEPTION; ANTISEMITISM
- Publication
Journal of Value Inquiry, 2023, Vol 57, Issue 4, p593
- ISSN
0022-5363
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10790-021-09844-8