Is authoritarianism linked to heinous acts?
No, according to the available literature, authoritarianism has nothing to do with exceptional evil.
Brutal forces within a human being
Waller has argued that brutal forces within a human being allow all of us to engage in genocide or mass murder. The leaders who turned into assassins were just regular people. They could have later committed genocide to fulfill their need for power, which any other individual in such a role may have been a part of. According to the literature, there have been many instances in history where healers have turned into murderers. These changes occur over time and are affected by several factors (Hansen, 2002).
Evil within human beings
According to Auden, evil is unspectacular and generally within human beings as it is just normal people like you and I who at times commit mass killing and genocide. This is clear from history in which people who killed others in masses in countries like Rwanda were just ordinary people as the history could review. Leaders who committed genocide over the history such as Nazi killings were just ordinary and nice people at some point before they changed to do such evil. The society should condemn such actions though it is important to take early precautions by molding their members to respect one another and do good (Hansen, 2002).
Dismantling denial and promoting good morals
Currently, some of us have lived in denial that those who committed some of the worst mass killings were at one-time ordinary human beings. The idea of having metaphysical type of absolute evil people, sometimes has failed because some of us think they are unique and cannot commit some evils. It is important for the modern society to have good morals and values to guide us to live well with one another.
Work Cited
Hansen Suzy., Ordinary People, Extraordinary Evil. AUG 23, 2002. Web http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2002\/08\/22\/waller\/
