Oskar Schindler’s actions saved many lives, but his motives were, at least early on, not moral but financial. Is Schindler’s a case-study which shows that hypocrisy, self-interest, and moral shallowness can succeed where acting with integrity would fail?

Suggested reading

• Thomas Keneally. Schindler’s Ark
• Lawrence Blum Moral Perception and Particularity, Ch. 4