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

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? is an episode from WHY? - Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life by Prairie Public Broadcasting.

This episode is 83:40 long.

This episode was published on Nov 10, 2025.

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