Hi, Lev. I did read Arent's writings on the matter, though it's been longer than I care to remember (high school). Certain things became obligatory reading for we who respect our parents' WWII contributions, and who respect the obligation to remember. One was Arent's _Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil_. Another was Stanley Milgram's writings about his famous experiments about obedience. In consequence, I try to always honour individual acts of conscience (whether I believe in their causes or not), and do everything I can to avoid the peril of confirmation bias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias). A large part of the key to the latter is taking the trouble to talk with -- really talk with, not just talk _at_ -- people with views markedly different from my own, and attempt to understand the world as seen the way they see it. (I may still consider them benighted fools, but a deeper understanding of where they come from is always an extremely good idea.)