COVID-19, the Problem of Evil, and the Role of Psychology

The coronavirus outbreak is challenging the way we understand the world. So far, the focus of the scientific community has largely been on the biological and pharmaceutical science that goes into understanding this particular virus, the illnesses it causes, and how best to treat them. And rightly so! But there’s an additional area of scientific research that’s needed both now and for the next pandemic: the psychology of our perceptions of and responses to evil, fear, and suffering.