Reply #9: Most of the time that's the case. Sometimes its not. [View All]

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In Nazi Germany, the people who ran the camps were the bad guys. We can put a period at the end of that sentence. Many people would say that those who fought in the army were not "bad guys", they were just duped etc. But there were many Germans who lost their lives fighting against the regime. Were these people not "good guys"? Were they neutral people who acted morally in the moment. I would argue that their own sacrifice and commitment made them transcendent. To a degree, you are what you do. Those "good Nazis" made a choice not to fight against the regime. And maybe that makes them bad people. Maybe most of us are bad people by that criteria. But it still might be true.

Still, I agree with much of your argument.