Sources:(3) (Quotes from the books if possible)
Kovaly – Under a Cruel Star
Eksteins – Rites of Spring
Arendt – The origins of Totalitarianism
4-5 Quotes from the books
Paper Topic:
Consider the possibility or rationale for moral action in the post-1918 world. You will have to
define morality, and you will have to consider the various arguments about the relationship
between morality/immorality and power/legitimacy presented by Eksteins, Kovaly, and Arendt.
When a faith in rational and material progress can no longer guarantee moral action or meaning,
how does an individual decide how to act? Upon what basis can moral action be mandated by
the community or state?
