{"id":4335,"date":"2018-08-14T11:29:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T11:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/08\/14\/maximilian-kolbe-2\/"},"modified":"2018-08-14T11:29:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T11:29:42","slug":"maximilian-kolbe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/08\/14\/maximilian-kolbe-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximilian Kolbe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the feast of Maximilian Kolbe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although it is a deep and dangerous illusion of the Left to suppose that man is inherently good and that it is merely such contingent and remediable factors as environment, opportunity, upbringing and the like that prevent the good from manifesting itself, there are a few human beings who are nearly angelic in their goodness.  One can only be astonished at the example of Maximilian Kolbe<\/a> and wonder how such moral heroism is possible. And this even after adjusting for a certain amount of hagiographic embellishment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Is there a good naturalistic explanation for Kolbe's self-sacrifice? <\/span><\/p>\n

Wikipedia:<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the end of July 1941, ten prisoners disappeared from the camp, prompting SS<\/a>–Hauptsturmf\u00fchrer<\/a> Karl Fritzsch<\/a>, the deputy camp commander, to pick 10 men to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts. When one of the selected men, Franciszek Gajowniczek<\/a>, cried out, "My wife! My children!", Kolbe volunteered to take his place.[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Today is the feast of Maximilian Kolbe. Although it is a deep and dangerous illusion of the Left to suppose that man is inherently good and that it is merely such contingent and remediable factors as environment, opportunity, upbringing and the like that prevent the good from manifesting itself, there are a few human beings … Continue reading “Maximilian Kolbe”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholic-corner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}