theodicy
-noun-; from greek, θεός {god} + δίκαιον (justice). literally, “the justice of g-d.” specifically, the attempt to explain g-d’s ways to mortals.
the term was used by gottfried leibniz for his book {théodicée} explaining how an omnipotent and benevolent g-d could allow suffering in the universe. leibniz took the approach that this was the “best of all possible worlds,” meaning that g-d could not have made this world better in any one respect, without making it worse in others.
in 1759, voltaire published the novel -candide- which was essentially a very long satire of leibniz’ views. the character of dr. pangloss is based on leibniz, although it has been argued that voltaire misrepresented leibniz’ views.
in common usage, the term -theodicy- refers to any defense of a thing based on the claim that whatever that thing does is the best possible. the obvious example is neocl-ssical economics, which insists that whatever outcome achieved by “the market,” it is the best one that could possibly exist. it’s a fallacy because it uses circular reasoning, and it is unfalsifiable.
privileged and successful groups need religion for a very different purpose, namely legitimation. their members are convinced that they deserve their good fortune and that the poor deserve their misfortune. {max} weber calls this the “theodicy of good fortune”…
anthony waterman in 2002 put forward the suggestion that smith could be read as offering a kind of augustinian theodicy of the market. according to him, smith’s idea could be interpreted as thus: just like g-d put governments in place to restrain sin, the inst-tution of the market also restrains sin.
nimi wariboko, -g-d and money: a theology of money in a globalizing world- (2008)
argument for the justification of g-d, concerned with reconciling g-d`s goodness, justice, and omnipotence with the observable facts of evil and suffering in the world
the theodicy of god was greatly thought of in discusions of the creation of the world by many scientists(as to what most people belive/view as creation in christianity and/or other religions)
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