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| Processed by: | richwarm (2022-05-16 02:01:32 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 70881 - submitted by 'sykul' >> Kind of a modern chengyu, don't you think? https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%B9%B3%E5%BA%B8%E4%B9%8B%E6%81%B6/3274157 https://new.qq.com/omn/20220411/20220411A0CA9F00.html https://new.qq.com/omn/20220408/20220408A03E5E00.html https://www.zhihu.com/question/60639847 --------------------------------------- Editor: 平庸之恶 is a type of evil ("banal evil"), not an *attribute* of evil ("banality"). As the Baike article says, it's one of two kinds of evil distinguished by Arendt: 汉娜·阿伦特认为罪恶分为两种，一种是极权主义统治者本身的“极端之恶”，第二种是被统治者或参与者的“平庸之恶”。 "The banality of evil" corresponds to “恶的平庸性”, as in the following quote, rather than to 平庸之恶. 她通过“恶的平庸性”来揭示丧失思考能力所犯下的极端罪恶，这是一种没有残暴动机的残暴罪行。 Web snippets: 1) "Banal evil is can only be understood by contrast with radical evil, because radical evil was the predominant concept when Hannah Arendt wrote about the banality of evil. Radical evil means that one has decided to do evil, that in their heart they are set upon doing something that they know is wrong, and prior to Arendt philosophers believed that all evil acts were of this sort. Banal evil is characterized by a belief that what one is doing is not evil, rather, what they are engaging in is a behavior that is, or has been, normalized by the society in which they reside." 2) "Banal Evil is characterized by a belief that what one is doing is not evil, rather, what they are engaging in is a behavior that is, or has been, normalized by the society in which they reside." |
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# 平庸之惡 平庸之恶 [ping2 yong1 zhi1 e4] /The banality of evil/ + 平庸之惡 平庸之恶 [ping2 yong1 zhi1 e4] /(philosophy) banal evil/ # # extra: + 極端之惡 极端之恶 [ji2 duan1 zhi1 e4] /(philosophy) radical evil/ |