Problem of evil
- Created by: Tori
- Created on: 21-01-20 16:18
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- The Problem of Evil and Suffering
- Natural and Moral Evil
- Natural Evil
- Congenital evil present in the world from the start of it.
- Eg earth quakes, disease, volcanos
- Problem for theists as if God created the world, that means he created the world with this natural evil in it, which isn't very loving
- Congenital evil present in the world from the start of it.
- Moral evil
- Evil carried out by an agent, hence it has intent, that is morally negative/harmful
- eg murder, adultery, theft
- Evil carried out by an agent, hence it has intent, that is morally negative/harmful
- Natural Evil
- Logical Problem of Evil - Inconsisant triad
- Mackies inconsistant triad shows that God being All Loving, All Powerfull and Evil and Suffering existing can't all co-exist
- If he's all loving but evil and suffering exists, then he's not all powerful. ect..
- Mackies inconsistant triad shows that God being All Loving, All Powerfull and Evil and Suffering existing can't all co-exist
- Evidential Problem of Evil
- There's so much evil in the world that is pointless, so how is a loving God overseeing that?
- Rowe's argument for Atheism
- P1) There are examples of suffering that God could have stopped without losing some greater good, or having to allow other evil.
- P2) God would stop evil unless he could not do so without losing some greater good
- Conclusion) God cannot exist
- (He doesn't stop the pointless evil, meaning he can't be real as he doesn't have the characteristics we asign to him)
- Conclusion) God cannot exist
- P2) God would stop evil unless he could not do so without losing some greater good
- The only way for Rowe that evil and can acceptbale is if they contributed to a greater good
- However this seems untrue - Fawn example
- Rowe believes that suffering can't be linked with a greater good as his example of the Fawn shows how pointless suffering would be, to him proving his theory to be right.
- P1) There are examples of suffering that God could have stopped without losing some greater good, or having to allow other evil.
- Natural and Moral Evil
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