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How Is It That Ordinary People Can Commit Such Overwhelming
Evil?

How Is It That Ordinary People Can Commit Such Overwhelming Evil?

Update: 2025-11-10
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Jack sits down with Elizabeth Minnich, moral philosopher and author, to explore a haunting and urgent question: How is it that ordinary people can commit extraordinary evil? Together, they unpack Minnich’s idea of the evil of banality, a subtle, everyday corruption of thought and conscience that allows atrocities to unfold, and consider what it means for our moral lives today.
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How Is It That Ordinary People Can Commit Such Overwhelming
Evil?

How Is It That Ordinary People Can Commit Such Overwhelming Evil?