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Anti-Semitism was entrenched in Europe for centuries before the Holocaust, supplying the Nazis with many collaborators. During the Holocaust, the local population, the police and the army often...
I'm a philosopher, specializing in ethical and metaphysical questions regarding procreation, death, and meaning. I'm also known for my lack of good cheer and abundance of great shoes.
"The Road to Auschwitz WASN'T Paved with Indifference," read the headline, a negation of the aphorism coined by the historian, Ian Kershaw. The author, Rivka Weinberg, argued that Auschwitz wasn't paved with indiffere...
In a remarkable article in the New York Times last week by Rivka Weinberg, a philosophy professor, the author asks us to change our perspective from the moral message we've been teaching for years as take away from th...
Professor Weinberg published, “The Road to Auschwitz Wasn't Paved with Indifference,” The New York Times, The Stone Opinionator Column, January 21, 2020. She was interviewed (video) by Ricardo Lopes, The Dissenter, on...
"The road to Auschwitz was built by hate but it wasn’t paved with indifference. It was paved with collaboration. Anti-Semitism was entrenched in Europe...
Valued ends provide justifying reasons for our acts, efforts, and projects. I further argue that ends lie separate from the acts and enterprises for which they provide a point. Since there can be no end external to on...
In the article, “The Road to Auschwitz Wasn’t Paved With Indifference”, the author, Rivka Weinberg, uses historical examples, personal experiences, and expert opinions in her article to challenge the claim that atroci...
In 1963, the now-grown-up Rivka married Michael Kahana, a Holocaust survivor who, after the war, spent six months at the age of 8 in the Jewish camp in Famagusta, and his story could be a separate interview and anothe...
"The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference." – Ian Kershaw Rivka Weinberg differs: "The Road to Auschwitz Wasn’t Paved With Indifference. It was paved with collaboration." nytimes.com Opinio...
