When Was Goeth Justified In Schindler's List

The first justification for aggression is finding ways to excuse it, by calling on the morale principles that sanction it, comparing it with things much worse, or using a label that obscures its actual character. An example of this would be a student failing a class and saying to their parents, “okay but I’m not pregnant or doing drugs” allowing the failing of class to seem like the desired behavior instead. From Schindler’s List, and example of this type of justification would be calling the gas chambers “showers”. This takes away from the inhumanity in the name and excuses the atrocity the Jews have to face in them. Another example from the film was when Goeth was ordering the soldier to liquidate the Ghetto because the Jew’s deserved it and that …show more content…
An example of this would be if a young man who was connected to gang violence committed murder because the leader ordered him too. He was simply doing as he was told. An example from the film would be when Schindler excused Goeth’s aggressive behavior by saying he was under a lot of stress. This gave an excuse to Goeth killing Jews and made the behavior seem justified. Another example from the film was when the soldier shot the women for as a direct order from Goeth. The soldier was following orders from Goeth and this justified his action for shooting the women. The third justification for aggression is minimizing, denying or distorting the harm that the action caused by saying, “it’s not that big of a deal”. “They are just exaggerating”. An example of this would be if a child beat up their younger sibling and when they parents confronted the aggressor he played it off as if he barely hurt him and it was nothing. An example from the film would be Schindler taking the Jews to be his slaves in his factory. He knew that he wouldn't have to pay them and could hire them for nothing. He would have thousands of workers because everyone needed to have an essential