The more sinister, intellectual cousin of rationalization. This involves constructing a rigorous, systematic, pseudo-logical or philosophical system to justify barbarism, turning atrocities into a deductive necessity. It uses formal arguments, twisted ethical frameworks, and specialized terminology to launder evil, making it appear as the cold, hard conclusion of an unstoppable logic rather than a human choice.
Example: The Nazis employed a horrific Logification of Evil through "Rassenhygiene" (racial hygiene). Using perverted biology, statistics, and pseudo-Darwinian logic, they built a "scientific" case that genocide was a tragic but necessary public health measure for the "health of the Volk." Evil became an equation to be solved.
by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 4, 2026
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