I will never forget the look on my stupid professor's face when I got in an in-class arguement with her about whether or not the Nazi's were both logical and ethical. She claimed they were neither. I claimed their actions appealed to ethos and logos (and, at the time, pathos), but that in hindsight, any arguements for their actions lacked only pathos.
(note: they were obviously atrocities, but my arguement was that they were atrocities performed very logically and were internally consistent with their ethical standards. If you want to create a master race, and you believe this is something that should be done, then logically and ethically you have to get rid of everyone who does not conform!)
Last edited by telekinetic; 09-09-2008 at 07:51 AM..
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