By blaming Hitler as the evil force behind all the atrocities committed during World War II, for example, there might be a tendency to not look for other causes, so one could ignore the role played by the German people and political and cultural conditions of the society during the Nazi period. “The second main danger,” the Dalai Lama continued, “is when the label ‘evil’ is applied to an individual or group of people, it naturally sort of demonizes that person or group. Once this kind of perception takes root, a process of dehumanization takes place.
