Was Hitler Evil?

Started by Mindset19 pages

I would.

People should ask whether evil is universal or not. After that, you can ask yourself whether Hitler was evil or not.

no such things as moral absolutes,or at least really hard to reach them.
Good=altruism evil=sadism
hitler was neither.he,as every body w/ and intention,believed he was doing the right thing and that in the end,it would better the world.he was definately not evil.his actions were horrific but that was the price.a good way to describe him is a ruthless consequentalist,doing things based off the old saying,the end justifies the means.the atrocties were just a means to an end.there have been far worst people.look at uday hussein,madame lalaurie,or idi amin.they were all completely sane sadists.they are truly evil

Well, there is evidence that Hitler was in the occult. I believe he could've been demon possessed. In any case, the attempted genocide of the Jewish people was an evil act. Yes, the man's actions were evil. Yet, Stalin was responsible for more deaths than Hitler...yet he doesn't get much attention...lol.

Originally posted by gobstakid777
no such things as moral absolutes,or at least really hard to reach them.
Good=altruism evil=sadism
hitler was neither.he,as every body w/ and intention,believed he was doing the right thing and that in the end,it would better the world.he was definately not evil.his actions were horrific but that was the price.a good way to describe him is a ruthless consequentalist,doing things based off the old saying,the end justifies the means.the atrocties were just a means to an end.there have been far worst people.look at uday hussein,madame lalaurie,or idi amin.they were all completely sane sadists.they are truly evil

If somebody killed your mother, or anyone you were close to...would you still say that the killer was just doin' what he thought was right?

I love the "Hitler was evil" line. Completely unsubstantiated, unless all you have is beliefs.

I think he was simply crazy about power over the whole world. He was mad about this idea. I consider it like serious desease. So we can't say that insane (ill) people are evil!

Because that would be politically incorrect.

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maybe he didn't just had enough hugs when he was a kid. generally unhappy childhood?

Yes but that doesn't usually disqualify people from being "evil".

Yes. Moving on...

Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
Well, there is evidence that Hitler was in the occult. I believe he could've been demon possessed. In any case, the attempted genocide of the Jewish people was an evil act.

Are you high?

[ Yes, the man's actions were evil. Yet, Stalin was responsible for more deaths than Hitler...yet he doesn't get much attention...lol.

Maybe if you only count the holocaust, but not if you count the eastern front death toll as well (also a product of nazi racist ideology and not just a normal occurance of war).

One balled ****er was evil in my eyes.

he ordered killings of the jews/genocide.

nonsense killing/murder/genocide is deemed evil.

In my opinion, ‘good’ and ‘evil’ exist only as human constructs. That does not, I hasten to add, rob them of validity. We simply need to agree on as near to a universal definition of ‘evil’ as we can. Something which involves mass murder based on economics, jealousy and ethnicity probably counts under most societies.

So I would submit Hitler as an example of evil.

Was he PURE evil? No. I don’t believe so. If you gain ANY sort of pleasure out of evil deeds then you can’t be ‘pure’ evil because you have experienced something associated with ‘good’: happiness. If pure evil existed I would liken it to a mindless virus.

I don’t believe in pure evil though.

Originally posted by Boots
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Ich weiß nicht, Zum Donnerwetter!

My assumption is that an evil act is something that causes physical and emotional harm to other living creatures. In contrast, an act of good improves the wellbeing of another living creature. Another assumption of mine is that an evil person is someone who commits more acts of evil than acts of good. Hitler harmed more people than those to whom he gave aid. He also planned on committing acts of evil on many more people than the German population which he supposedly was trying to help. Therefore, yes, in my opinion Hitler was an evil man.

Hitler came from a Jewish line on his mother's side.

Originally posted by alltoomany
Hitler came from a Jewish line on his mother's side.
So you're saying he's evil because he's Jewish.

Gotcha.

Originally posted by Mindset
So you're saying he's evil because he's Jewish.

Gotcha.

think about it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=861bWXN8e5s

Bosnia ethnic cleansing was that evil? NO! Hitler was a simpleton compared to many today and whom tomorrow will bring