Question
A 1951 Hannah Arendt book characterizes this concept’s “radical” form as making humans superfluous. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this concept. In a 1963 book, Arendt described how a self-described “joiner” of organizations believed he was following the categorical imperative, thus explaining how he exemplified the “banality of [this concept].”
ANSWER: evil [accept radical evil; accept the banality of evil] (That 1963 book is Eichmann in Jerusalem.)
[10e] Both the term radical evil and the categorical imperative were first coined by this German Enlightenment philosopher who also wrote Critique of Pure Reason.
ANSWER: Immanuel Kant
[10h] Arendt first wrote about radical evil in this aforementioned 1951 book consisting of essays on antisemitism, imperialism, and its title political system.
ANSWER: The Origins of Totalitarianism
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 86% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 83% | 67% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 10 | 16.00 | 80% | 70% | 10% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 100% | 44% |
Data
| Appalachian State A | Tusculum | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UNC D | Appalachian State B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Duke B | Duke A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| James Madison A | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| James Madison B | Liberty C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| VCU | NC State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Virginia Tech A | UNC A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UNC B | Liberty B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Liberty A | UNC C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Virginia Tech B | William & Mary | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |