I. Philosophy – II. Theology – III. Social Ethics
The expression (Gk ἀδιάφορα semantic equivalents: intermediates, Gk μέση,mesē-, that which is permitted) designates phenomena of human life that are neither positive (good, bonum) nor negative (evil, malum) in the ethical realm (i.e. with regard to the attainment of human destiny). In the strict sense, then, adiaphora occur only in ethical systems whose guiding understanding of humanity knows ph…