anthropodicy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌænθɹəʊˈpɒdɪsi/

名詞

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(Christianity, philosophy) An attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people.

日本語の意味

人間が本質的に持つ善性を、悪事を働く一部の人々にもかかわらず擁護・正当化しようとする論旨や試み。 / （キリスト教や哲学の文脈で）人間の根源的な善性を説明し、悪行にもかかわらずその正当性を主張する理論。

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The theologian's lecture on anthropodicy challenged the congregation to reconcile human sinfulness with a belief in inherent human goodness.

神学者の人間擁護論に関する講義は、会衆に人間の罪深さと人間の本来的な善性をどのように両立させるかを考えさせた。

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意味（1）

(Christianity, philosophy) An attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people.

[T]he next two [devices or arguments] urge that these distresses are the prices paid for certain compensating advantages to the animals, notably existence. I have some difficulty believing that they are seriously intended, for they would, without alteration, justify the vilest imaginable human slavery and oppression. Nor is it generally true nowadays—though once it was—that those who offer such anthropodicies are much impressed by them in their original form, as theodicy.

詳細

anthropodicies （ plural ）