moral “feelings”?
its not just the germans
its everywhere at all times
moral “feelings” are dependent on the current moral climate.
american vietnam vets, mostly from “moral” backgrounds who wouldnt hurt a fly without a reason, murdered innocent women and children, often participated in fragging (shooting a overly strict head of the platoon in the back) i know this from personal reports from friends. were they inherently evil. dont tell wartime is an exception. no, its merely that during wartime, the culture and attitudes of your fellow soldiers, the determinants of what is “moral” created a moral atmoshphere of the lightness of murder. in WWII and every earlier american war such things as fragging were unheard of.
all moral feelings come from the particular society and times in which you live.
the wellsprings of conscience that Chazal speak about no longer apply our surroundings are immmeasurably more corrupt than then (R A. Miller, tz’l)