A theme [[Susan Neiman]] develops in *[[Evil in Modern Thought - Neiman|Evil in Modern Thought]]*. ## In this book ### p. 217 — the instinct to connect natural and moral evil Even though the idea that natural evil follows moral evil did not rationally survive the Lisbon earthquake, the instinct to connect the two has much deeper roots. It comes from the need for intelligibility for suffering. If natural evils are consequences of moral evils, all suffering has meaning. Earlier (p. 216), Neiman wrote that: > "humankind prefers masochism to meaninglessness." > — Susan Neiman, *Evil in Modern Thought*, p. 216 ## Links - Source: [[Evil in Modern Thought - Neiman|Evil in Modern Thought]], pp. 216–217 - Map: [[Problem of Evil & Philosophy of Religion]]