The logical problem of evil
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- Created on: 03-04-14 19:22
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- The logical problem of evil
- Hume's inconsistant triad
- 1. God is benevolent
- 2. God is omnipotent
- 3. Evil exists
- only two can exist alongside eachother
- unorthodox god- theistic God is logically impossible
- Conc= God must be either impotent or malicious
- Mackie
- Develops Hume
- Added to triad that "A Wholly good being eliminates evil as far as he can"
- Only statement 2 is true (evil exists)
- Belief in God is irrational
- E.g believing in God is like believing an object is 1. round and 2.square
- Aquinas
- Evil is prevation
- Some things are just less good than others
- States a version of Humes argument in Summa Theologica to then explain why it doesn't exceed
- "he is infinate goodness. If, therefore, God existed there would be no evil discoverable.
- Evil is prevation
- Epicurus
- Earliest known reference 341-270BC
- Able and unwilling = envious God
- Willing nor able = envious and feeble
- Willing and able= what causes evil?
- Willing and unable= feeble
- Hume's inconsistant triad
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