Unoriginality of Evil The Americans dropped two atomic bombs on the booming Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The two atomic bombs severely decimated the population of the affected cities, but who is to blame? Does the fault lie with the pilots who delivered the destruction, or with their superiors who gave the order? It is not easy to claim responsibility. To convey the convoluted concept of “banality of evil” was introduced. In 1963, Hannah Arendt coined this phrase in her book “Eichmann in Jerusalem.” She states: “The banality of evil is a philosophical term meaning that evil occurs when ordinary individuals are placed in corrupt situations that encourage their conformity.” This phrase has become the basis for many different essays, including Carol Tavris and Stanley Milgram's articles "In Groups We Shrink" and "Perils of Obedience" respectively. Travis uses the concept of "the banality of evil" to explain why individuals act differently when placed within a group. She uses the idea of ​​the “banality of evil” to explain the reason for the immoral behavior of individuals within groups. She conveys this through her use of experimental evidence, historical evidence, and diffusion of responsibility. Milgram incorporates Arendt's concept to explain that authority can push an individual to do things that are unethical and moral. Compared to Tavris, Milgram is partially effective in using experimental and historical evidence, but is ineffective because his definition of the "banality of evil" is limited in scope, rejecting the fact that people have their own motivations to accomplish a bad action. experimental evidence showing that the “banality of evil” is caused by selfish motives. While Milgram uses experiments... middle of paper ......when a guy gave a 450 volt shock in Milgram's experiment, maybe he fought with his wife and is came to experiment. His anger made the decision to give this level of shock, perhaps it was not the authority that pushed him to give a shock. Authority can make someone do evil, but sometimes people do it just for fun, out of anger, or depending on the situation. Overall, Tavris uses experimentation, history, and elaboration on the diffusion of responsibility, which made her more effective in using the concept of Banality of Evil. While Milgram used experimental and historical evidence to make his argument more effective in the context of the meaning of the "banality of evil", he proved ineffective as his definition gave a limited scope as he did not succeed to explain evil without authority. On my honor, I neither received nor received any unauthorized assistance.Anand Patel _____________________