Heroism isn't a perfect solution though. Running into a burning building to save a child is heroic, but its also likely to get you trapped and need rescuing too.
That's part of my definition. Heroism is never perfect. In fact, by my definition, heroism is an insane effort to compensate for a systemic failure. The fact that someone had to be a hero, is the problem. If the system worked, you don't need heroes at all.
However, the greater evil is we live in a world where there is actual consequence worth hesitating over. That is the true horror.
Agreed, authoritarianism has a nasty habit of promoting the opposite behavior to what would be good.
Heroism isn't a perfect solution though. Running into a burning building to save a child is heroic, but its also likely to get you trapped and need rescuing too.
In this case, these people should have jumped in. There is no horror depraved enough to cast shadow over impurity, nor is there a consequence worth letting this go on.
However, the greater evil is we live in a world where there is actual consequence worth hesitating over. That is the true horror.
That's part of my definition. Heroism is never perfect. In fact, by my definition, heroism is an insane effort to compensate for a systemic failure. The fact that someone had to be a hero, is the problem. If the system worked, you don't need heroes at all.
Agreed, authoritarianism has a nasty habit of promoting the opposite behavior to what would be good.