Purpose

The paper combines the systems theoretical perspective on the evolution of societal differentiation and the emergence of codes in communication. By combining the approach by Niklas Luhmann with a historical theology on the development of Christian morality split between God and Devil, it recreates a sociological point of observation on contemporary moral forms by a temporary occupation of the retired Christian Devil.

Design/methodology/approach

The article combines a Luhmannian systems theoretical perspective on the evolution of societal differentiation with a concept of emerging codes in communication. The latter is based on on the development of a Christian view of morality being split between God and Devil. It establishes a sociological point of observation on contemporary moral forms through the temporary invocation of the retired figure of the Christian Devil.

Findings

The proposed perspective develops a healthy perspective on the exuberant distribution of a health(y) morality across the globe during the pandemic crisis of 2020–21. The temporary invocation of the retired Christian Devil as point of departure in this sociological analysis allows for a disturbing view on the unlimited growth of the morality of health and its inherent dangers of dedifferentiating the highly specialised forms of societal differentiation and organisation.

Originality/value

By applying the diabolical perspective, the analytical framework creates a unique opportunity to observe the moral encodings of semantic forms in detail, while keeping the freedom of scientific enquiry to choose amongst available distinctions in the creation of sound empirical knowledge. This article adopts a neutral stance, for the good of sociological analysis. The applications of the term “evil” to observations of communication are indifferent to anything but itself and its qualities as scientific enquiry.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 时代健康道德的邪恶观点

目的

该论文结合了关于社会分化演化和通信中密码出现的系统理论视角。通过将尼克拉斯·卢曼的方法与上帝与魔鬼分裂的基督教道德发展的历史神学相结合，它通过暂时占领退休的基督教魔鬼，重新创建了对当代道德形式的社会学观察点。

设计/方法/方法

这篇文章结合了关于社会分化演变的卢曼系统理论观点和通信中新兴代码的概念。后者是基于基督教的道德观在上帝和魔鬼之间分裂的发展。它通过对退休的基督教魔鬼人物的临时引用，建立了对当代道德形式的社会学观察点。

发现

拟议的观点为 2020-21 年大流行危机期间健康（y）道德在全球范围内的旺盛分布提供了健康的观点。在这种社会学分析中，暂时援引退休的基督教魔鬼作为出发点，使人们对健康道德的无限增长及其对高度专业化的社会分化和组织形式去分化的内在危险产生了令人不安的看法。

原创性/价值

通过应用恶魔般的视角，分析框架创造了一个独特的机会来详细观察语义形式的道德编码，同时保持科学探究的自由，以在创建可靠经验知识的可用区别中进行选择。本文采取中立立场，以利于社会学分析。将“邪恶”一词应用于对传播的观察，除了它本身及其作为科学探究的品质之外，其他任何事物都无关紧要。