The Evilness of the World Obedience and Delegitimization

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract The chapter discusses the prevalence of obedience and delegitimization as antecedents of evil behaviors. They are an inherent part of the human repertoire. Obedience can be observed in every structured hierarchy, where officials, soldiers and officers, security personnel, and so on execute orders that demand immoral acts. They are not allowed to think about moral implications of the orders, but must comprehend the orders and execute them in the best way. The same way goes with delegitimization. Human beings need enemies or at least the other, to organize the ingroup, to attain cohesiveness and unity, to rally around ingroup goals, to differentiate between ingroup and outgroup, to build collective identity, and to feel solidarity. In analyzing obedience, the chapter presents the case of the police battalion 101 described by Christopher Browning and the study of Milgram. In the next section the chapter describes two cases: One is the case of Jews during years 1933–1945 in Europe and the second one is the treatment of Palestinians by Jews in the present period. Finally, general conclusions are drawn from the presented analyses.
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Authors Bar-Tal Daniel
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oso/9780197771051.003.0005
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197771051.003.0005
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