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Sarcaz5 karma

This book's argument will give you some food for thought regarding your question: http://www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Men-Reserve-Battalion-Solution/dp/0060995068

Hint/spoiler: Think about Stanley Milgram's conformity tests and the Stanford prison experiment.

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Are you an intentionalist or a functionalist? Do you prefer Goldhagen's "Hitler's Willing Executioners" or Browning's "Ordinary Men?" Why? (That last one goes for both questions)