Historically, the term has appeared in institutional and legal frameworks to describe physical or social "disorders."
: In the 1917 Code of Canon Law , "viziati" was used to describe those with physical "vices" or deformities that prevented them from entering the ministry, a classification later replaced by modern standards of physical and psychological health.
From a philosophical perspective, some thinkers, like Peter Sloterdijk, view the state of being "viziati" (spoiled or protected) as a fundamental human condition.