Interesting.
So basically you are providing a justification for "The Nurenberg Defence". Policemen cannot be held responsible for those acts they commit whilst policemen, because they were not sentient at the time. Following orders abrogates responsibility?
Fraid i fundammentally disagree with you. I do not feel the men who ran Auschwitz should be absolved in the manner you suggest. By not accepting that individuals (whatever uniform they were) are exercising a choice to follow - perhaps ethically repugnant - orders, you are claiming they do not share any responsibility for carrying them out.
That kind of thinking is - in my rarely humble opinion - the reason the world is such a mess.
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