Pandemic as Social Evil That Brought about Solidarity, Humaneness and Development

Social evil—pain and suffering caused by game-theoretic interactions among agents—has recently received attention as a newly recognized and potentially problematic kind of evidence against theism. After an initial introduction to social evil and discussion of why it might be thought to constitute evidence against theism, I argue that social evil is in fact much rarer than it might initially appear to be, at least when we adopt a Christian ethical framework. In addition, I argue that the genuine social evils that remain after scrutiny do not provide significant new evidence against the existence of God.

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“Kidnapping” a social evil

Child Abuse & Neglect ◽

10.1016/0145-2134(79)90088-7 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 615-621

Author(s):

Meenakshi N. Mehta ◽

Shalini S. Bhatt ◽

M.G. Gore

Keyword(s):

Social Evil

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The Social Evil

Peking: A Social Survey ◽

10.1163/9789004217997_011 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 242-263

Keyword(s):

Social Evil ◽

The Social

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The woman had to fall? Jean-Baptiste Clamence and the literary infection by evil

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Litteraria Polonica ◽

10.18778/1505-9057.59.05 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 81-99

Author(s):

Maciej Kałuża

Keyword(s):

Main Part ◽

Albert Camus ◽

Severe Trauma ◽

Problem Of Evil ◽

Main Character ◽

Contemporary Culture ◽

Social Evil ◽

The Problem Of Evil ◽

The Relationship

The article presents the concept of evil, as developed in the literary as well as philosophical works of Albert Camus. After a short, preliminary notice on the relationship between literature and evil, the article presents two spheres, in which the problem of evil was grasped by the author of The Rebel. In the main part of the article, the complexity of the problem of evil, as represented by Jean-Baptiste Clamence from The Fall is shown. It is seen as a development of the concept of evil from The Plague, with the potency to disseminate onto others. It is also perceived, as something resulting from severe trauma of the main character. In conclusion, I claim, that the problem of evil, as experienced by Clamence may be understood as a still relevant metaphor of contemporary culture, struggling with passivity against the rise of social evil.

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