Eichmann as false Kantian
example · personal/autobiographical ·
retold in 3 talks
Eichmann said the voice of Hitler was for him the voice of ethical duty, Žižek uses this to argue that Arendt conceded too much, because you can never use duty as an excuse; you are responsible also for the cause itself.
As told 2
“the voice of hitler was the voice of ethical duty. i just followed my duty. no, you cannot say this.”
“Eichmann did precisely the wrong thing. He was not a Kantian. Because he did something that Kant strictly prohibit. He used duty as an excuse.”
What it carries
one story, many jobs: the ideas this anecdote is deployed to argue, one tally mark per use (an idea page shows the same relation from the other end, as its shelf of stories)
contents · one story, 3 jobsuses
radical responsibility
×2
Kantian autonomous ethics
×2
Du kannst, denn du sollst
×1
Its cast and sources
populated by
Ivan Illich1Günter Anders1Wendell Berry1Reza Aslan1Saint Maximus the Confessor1Saint Athanasius of Alexandria1Iris Murdoch1Naomi Wolf1
alongside works
Every retelling 2
Eichmann said the voice of Hitler was for him the voice of ethical duty, Žižek uses this to argue that Arendt conceded too much, because you can never use duty as an excuse; you are responsible also for the cause itself., illustrating Kantian ethics,duty as excuse,responsibility for the cause
Hannah Arendt claimed Eichmann was a Kantian who followed duty; Žižek argues Eichmann was anti-Kantian because he used duty as an excuse to kill, whereas Kant requires radical subjective responsibility, not blind obedience to orders., illustrating radical responsibility,Christian atheism