le of sadism occurs in police officers (agents of the state) when they are using their power on civilians. One can watch police officers' adrenaline pound through the veins in their necks and faces as they pursue civilian vehicles in everyday traffic citations. With more power comes more sadism, as in post 9/11 airport security personnel, who seethe at the seems from the little taste of power they get. Indeed, this is a disgusting form of sadism condoned by the state. Hannah Arendt, a historian of the Holocaust, appealed to Kant for her ideas on moral judgement and in her works advocated universal principles of human rights (Benhabib, 29-51). Arendt would frown on the United States' policies o
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