Problem of Evil Stated [PHIL2]

Problem of Evil Stated

Types of Evil

• Moral evil - murder, **** etc.
• Natural evil - earthquakes, tsunamis etc.
• Spiritual evil - dark night of the soul, crying to God with no answer etc.
• Animal evil - cats torturing their prey before killing it.

 Epicurean Problem of Evil

Epicurus presents us with four possiblities of God's existence, analysing them in turn. God is:

• Willing to remove evil yet unable - God is therefore feeble.
• Unwilling yet able - God is therefore jealous.
• Unwilling and unable - God ceases to be a God anymore.
• Willing and able - then what are the origins of evil and why doesn't God prevent them?

Logical Problem of Evil

The logical problem of evil looks at two specific propositions with a third…