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Was Hitler A Good Person

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I would like to discuss the possibility that Hitler was acting on his own "morality." I don't know too much about the man, but I would like to discuss a few points in terms of whether he was a "good person" or "bad person." ...Basically, how you should judge him or look at him. I think most people would say immediately that Hitler was evil, bad, screwed up, crazy, a lunatic. However, as far as I know, Hitler spent a lot of time studying philosophy and ideas and didn't really do much until after he was 30 years old. So, while it would be easy to just judge the guy as a "lunatic," there were probably real "reasons" for his actions. Here are a few points I have heard and I could be wrong. As far as Hitler's "hatred" for the Jews, I …show more content…

It was something to prepare the way for Christ. Because how would people know they needed a savior from their sin, if they were not aware they were sinners. So, essentially, people were given a law that they were unable to follow "perfectly" and they became aware of their guilt when breaking the law. Hence, the idea of a conscience. I'm sure the idea of a conscience preceded the Jews and probably went along with any group of people that had any kind of social rules. However, the Jews introduced a complex series of laws that would regulate nearly every aspect of your life, so the idea of "sin" became bigger, so the conscience would take on a larger role. So, one point is that Hitler didn't like to idea of a conscience. So, he targeted the people that propagated these ideas. And in his view, these people were evil. Of course, this doesn't mean that Hitler was "justified" in his actions. However, there are some implications about his thinking. If it was Hitler's desire to obliterate the concept of a conscience, then it would be easy to see how he could "unfeelingly" assist in the destruction of millions of people, without it bothering

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