Jack sits down with Elizabeth Minnich, moral philosopher and author, to explore a haunting and urgent question: How is it that ordinary people can commit extraordinary evil? Together, they unpack Minnich’s idea of the evil of banality, a subtle, everyday corruption of thought and conscience that allows atrocities to unfold, and consider what it means for our moral lives today.

WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life

Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public

How Is It That Ordinary People Can Commit Such Overwhelming Evil?

NOV 10, 202583 MIN
WHY? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life

How Is It That Ordinary People Can Commit Such Overwhelming Evil?

NOV 10, 202583 MIN

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Jack sits down with Elizabeth Minnich, moral philosopher and author, to explore a haunting and urgent question: How is it that ordinary people can commit extraordinary evil? Together, they unpack Minnich’s idea of the evil of banality, a subtle, everyday corruption of thought and conscience that allows atrocities to unfold, and consider what it means for our moral lives today.