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Relationship between evil and thinking activities

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  • Franklin Hutabarat

    (Asia-Pacific International University)

  • Reymand Hutabarat

    (Universitas Advent Indonesia, Jl. Kolonel Masturi 288, Parongpong, Bandung Barat, 40559)

Abstract

Hannah Arendt argued that evil is all too frequently the product of normal citizens following the principles and prescriptions of a morally corrupt government. However, is it acceptable to blame the public organizing structure of the state or the bureaucracy as the source of rampant corruption? Through a documentary analysis based on the systematic examination and review of key sources published in various sources, it may conclude that corruption is a form of banal crime after Arendt's line of thought about the banality of crime, since the individuals involved are unable to think objectively and judge in a reflective and representative way. They blindly follow the orders of superiors and the old corrupt laws or the method of work.

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  • Franklin Hutabarat & Reymand Hutabarat, 2020. "Relationship between evil and thinking activities," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 14(1), pages 735-743, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:tec:journl:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:735-743
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    Keywords

    Crime; Evil; Corruption; Philosophy and Government;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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