QUESTION OF THEODICY ACCORDING TO LESZEK KOLAKOWSKI

Abstract

The problem of suffering and all other forms of evil present in God’s creation is one of those topics that spans the entire history of human thought because in every era – from the Antiquity to the present day – theologians and philosophers were seeking answers to the difficult questions surrounding it. This paper is dedicated to Leszek Kolakowski’s interpretation of the fundamental issues of theodicy. The author does not conduct a detailed analysis of all the arguments concerning this issue but rather focuses on a few selected aspects. He pays particular attention to the understanding of God’s freedom, addresses the issue of human freedom, theconsequence of which is the presence of moral evil and also considers the problem of the original sin. He emphasises that all arguments formulated within the framework of Christian theodicy must be preceded by an act of the trustful belief in God’s goodness.