Philosophy 103
Study questions:  Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem, Chpts. 7-8


1.  One of Arendt's concerns in these chapters is to answer the question, "How did Eichmann and
       his conscience come to terms with his participation in the Final Solution?  What is Arendt's
       answer to this question?  Do you find it plausible?

2.  Arendt discusses in these chapters the role of the Jewish Councils in the bureaucracy of the
       Final Solution.  How does Arendt judge the members of Jewish Councils who cooperated
       with the Nazis?  How does she suggest that they ought to have reacted?  (Note, for example
       her discussion of Adam Czerniakow.]  Do you think this judgment is fair?  (Consider:
       What would you have done in the same circumstance?)