The concepts of natural and moral evil
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- The concepts of natural and moral evil
- Moral evil
- Results from human actions that are reproachable
- The Holocaust, which resulted in a combination of cruelty and mistaken ideas, is a classic example
- Results from human actions that are reproachable
- Inconsistent triad
- God is omnipotent, God is omnibenevolent and evil exists
- Consequences of suffering
- Effects are long lasting (war, for example)
- Physical pain
- Suffering is often unjust
- Depression
- Suffering is indiscriminate
- Mental anguish
- Those who have done nothing wrong, including innocent babies, are often the victim
- Evidential problem of evil
- Rowe moral evil- an innocent child is a victim of violence and thereby suffers
- Seeks to lower the probablilty of the there being a God. But doesn't say outright that God doesn't exist- just unlikely.
- Rowe natural evil- fawn dies trapped in forest fire caused by lightning
- Natural evil
- Results from the malfunctioning of the natural world, which produces entities such as disease and famine
- The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 is a famous example
- Results from the malfunctioning of the natural world, which produces entities such as disease and famine
- Logical problem of evil
- Inconsistent triad- originates from Epicurus
- In the form modus tulles- to show the contradiction
- Defenders of theism argue that God could co-exist with evil in order to achieve a greater good
- Moral evil
- God is omnipotent, God is omnibenevolent and evil exists
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