Tomasz z Akwinu o radości ze zła, które przytrafia się innym

Magdalena Płotka

doi:10.18290/rf23711.11

Published : 2023-03-31

Vol. 71 No. 1 (2023)

Thomas Aquinas on Taking Pleasure in Other’s Misfortune

Magdalena Płotka

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6993-2178

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf23711.11

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The article presents Thomas Aquinas’ concept of pleasure in other’s misfortune (Schadenfreude), i.e. specific joy, the source of which is the suffering of other people. The first part describes the ancient Schadenfreude sources that inspired Aquinas. The second part deals with the concept of hatred that underlies the concept of Schadenfreude. In the third part, it is presented Aquinas’ attempt to distinguish between various cases of the occurrence of Schadenfreude and an attempt of their moral justification.

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Schadenfreude, moral psychology, Thomas Aquinas, medieval philosophy

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