Sociodicy
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2013.09.12Keywords:
Inequality, Moral order, UnjusticeAbstract
This essay analyzes the social justification of evil, a key phenomenon in the moral construction of social reality. Taking its cue from Leibniz’s notion of theodicy, of which sociodicy is largely a secularized version, some examples of ‘sociodicean’ explanations and justifications are explored. The considerable importance of these conceptions in the moral order of contemporary societies is shown.
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