Atrocity

Overview

An atrocity is (tentatively) defined as any act satisfying all of the following conditions:

• great harm is committed to many people
• relatively few people benefit from the act
• those who benefit from the act are among those who committed it
• those who committed the act did so knowing that it was causing harm

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• atrocities: listings and accounts of individual atrocities

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