The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.

Even Eichmann was sickened when he toured the concentration camps.

It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.

But the culture has failed, almost entirely, in inculcating internal controls on actions that have their origin in authority. For this reason, the latter constitutes a far greater danger to human survival.

Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.

Relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.