Bad Things, Good People

A common Moral question is 'Why do bad things happen to good people?'. The underlying premises of the question are that the cosmos is constituted such that 'Good' is rewarded and that 'Bad' is punished. The two most typical answers challenge the implied evidence of the question, namely, that a 'Good' person has been punished, specifically that what has transpired is a 'punishment'. Probably the more prevalent of the two insists that the ill that has befallen someone is not the expression of judgement, which, rather, might not become fully manifest until even an 'afterlife'. The other response challenges the observation that what has befallen one is actually 'Bad', arguing, instead, that it should be looked upon as a 'blessing in disguise'. Evolvementalism both rejects the Cosmological premises of the question and is critical of the Psychological premises of either response, especially the first. Except in cases of idle speculation, the question is raised when ill-fortune becomes too burdensome for one to proceed with their lives, so the response is necessary as a motivator. But continued psychological investment in promises that keep going unfulfilled only contributes to that burden, which the search for a 'silver lining' only eases modestly. In contrast, in Evolvemental Phronetics, the situation that Action modifies includes all givens, ill or otherwise, so misfortune is just one of the conditions that one might overcome or transform to a greater or lesser degree.