Loth sivu 013 evolutiivinen etiikka

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Moraali, uskonto, evolutiivinen etiikka ja holohoax, mitä sanoo P de G tai
stenberit?
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confers upon the topic a theological dimension. Although the concept "evil"
can be viewed from a non-theological perspective, for example through moral
philosophy or evolutionary ethics, to define absolute evil is absolutist,
fundamentalist and dogmatic, and as such places the topic beyond scientific
analysis.

Other aspects of the Holocaust indicate that the way the western world deals
with it has now reached a religious dimension. A re-reading of the above
list attests to that. For some time now the historic places and museums of
the Holocaust have become places of pilgrimage where relics of all sorts are
on display (hair, spectacles, suitcases, shoes, gastight doors, etc.). Don't
the passionate orations on remembrance days remind you of a religious
repentance service? Are there not everywhere the high priests who with
raised index finger admonish us how to behave in matters Holocaust and all
that is connected with it? They advise us how to treat the perpetrators, the
victims, their descendants, their countries, their customs, their demands,
etc. They also advise us on how we are to think, to feel, to act, to
remember, to live if we wish to be known as good human beings.

In the following I shall not discuss whether the moral categorization of the
Holocaust and the demands and norms of behavior that result from it are
right or wrong. This is a moral question, which ultimately individuals have
to work out for themselves. However, when I ask questions and seek answers I
am not going to be intimidated by this quasi-religious and moral
categorization. In spite of holding different opinions on all sorts of
topics, I hope that we can reach agreement on the following: One of the
important characteristics of evil is that it forbids questioning and it
taboos or criminalizes the candid search for answers. By prohibiting a
person to ask questions and to search for answers it is denying that which
makes us human. The capacity to doubt and to search for answers to pressing
problems is one of the most important attributes that distinguishes humans
from animals.

But before we turn our attention to this evil, permit me to make one further
observation. Now and again I have a bit of fun in public with "everyman" by
asking what, in his view, is the greatest taboo in western societies. The
average citizen is quick to respond with all sorts of answers:
homosexuality, illegal immigration, race relationships, sex. I then probe
further: No, I mean a taboo that is so powerful that no one dares mention in
public that it is a taboo because one would thereby accuse the general
public to be repressing dissenting thoughts; the respective taboo would
thereby be damaged, which can give rise to persecution. I have repeatedly
experienced that the average citizen gives me an honest answer only if he
feels safe and secure that he is not being observed, that no one else is
listening.

This is particularly so in many western European countries and especially
strong in the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland).
What does this reveal about the state of current western societies? And what
in your view is this taboo that cannot publicly be labeled a taboo?

Instead of answering the question myself, I would like to quote a
professional
person who has studies this topic. In an anthology, which has been dedicated
to
the late German historian Prof. Dr. Hellmut Diwald, sociology professor Dr.
Robert
Hepp wrote (Eibicht 1994, p. 140):
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