Abstract
Power abuse is the reason for corruption, violence, murder, rape and many other crimes. This article focuses on the reasons for power abuse – the reasons why people morph into beasts. Some say it is a result of an aspiration for superiority. Others say it is an act of a typical personality type, namely the ruling type. I ask the following question in this regard: Is it an obsession with greatness? What is present or absent in a person’s life that makes them obsessed with greatness? Herod the Great is studied as an example of a power abuser in order to determine what brought out the beast in him. The research is done with the help of various disciplines, including history, sociology and psychology in order to answer different questions. It is concluded that an obsession with greatness can be a result of the absence of spiritual intelligence – an absence of religion.
Highlights
The actress, Meryl Streep, criticised Donald Trump at the 74th Golden Globe Awards in January 2017
Lavrentiy Beria operated just under Stalin during World War II, and abused his position of power by driving around Russia in his limousine and picking out women who he would take to his mansion and rape (Knight 1993:155–175)
Josef Mengele was given access to the thousands of inmates passing through Auschwitz to experiment on
Summary
The actress, Meryl Streep, criticised Donald Trump at the 74th Golden Globe Awards in January 2017. The Romans were the key source of Herod’s http://www.indieskriflig.org.za authority He rose to power and maintained his position through timely manipulations of the contentious geopolitics that defined his day (Schlude 2017). Riley (2003) states that Herod is an example of the abuse of power and authority which resulted in the corruption of his moral character. As a husband to his wives, Herod had the traditional authority of a husband He could marry or divorce as he liked, since the right of divorce belonged to the husband in Jewish law (Ferguson 1987:56−57). Herod used this power for his own benefits, no matter how it affected his wives and children.
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