Ordinary people. The courage to say no. The photo was taken in Hamburg in 1936, during the celebrations for the launch of a ship. In the crowed, one person refuses to raise his arm to give the Nazi salute. The man was August Landmesser. He had already been in trouble with the authorities, having been sentenced to two years hard labour for marrying a Jewish woman. We know little else about August Landmesser, except that he had two children. By pure chance, one of his children recognized her father in this photo when it was published in a German newspaper in 1991. How proud she must have been in that moment.
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Related Issue #1 Identity and Ideology "To what extent should ideology be the foundation of identity?"
IntroductionWhy Study Political Philosopy?Well Micheal Sandel believes that it is so that we can judge what is the right thing to do - (watch the first 20 minutes...)
Bentham's utilitarianism - consequentialist believe that morality is located in the consequences of an act (the greatest good for the most people) VS. Kant's Categorical Imperitive - morality is absolute and located in certain duties and rights (the right to life = murder is wrong). http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_what_s_the_right_thing_to_do.html ... unless you want to explore canabalism... then watch the next 20 minutes... The Natural State of ManJohn Quincy Adams on the natural state of man from his addess to the Supreme Court of the United States from the movie Amistad
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How Violent Are You? - Milgram Experiment - Pt1Here is a recreation of one of the worlds most controversial and disturbing experiments on human nature and our willingness to defer to authority and commit acts of violence for an ideology. More information is available here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment How Violent Are You? - Milgram Experiment - Pt2The conclusion of the experiment that explores how likely we are to "just follow orders".
The Stanford Prison ExperimentHere is a similar study that explores how people behave when put in a position of authority... if you are interested in that kind of thing...
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