The Problem of Evil

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What is meant by moral evil?
Evil or suffering caused by autonomous moral agents
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The following formulation of the problem of evil is attributed to who? “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is G
Epicurus
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Which philosopher formulated the inconsistent triad?
J.L. Mackie
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The inconsistent triad is an example of...
the logical problem of evil
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Who said: “if the law of all creation were justice and the creator omnipotent then, in whatever amount suffering and happiness might be dispensed to the world, each person’s share of them would be exactly proportioned to that person’s good or evil deeds [
John Stuart Mill
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John Stuart Mill's argument is an example of...
the evidential problem of evil
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Who referred to the problem of evil as the 'keystone of atheism'?
Hans Kung
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Prior to his conversion to orthodox Christianity, Augustine was a member of which sect?
Manicheism
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How did Augustine describe evil?
As a privation
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Who said "As a runaway horse is better than a stone which does not run away because it lacks self-movement and sense perception, so the creature is more excellent which sins by free will than that which does not sin only because it has no free will.”
St Augustine of Hippo
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According to Augustine why are people deserving of suffering?
Because we are all seminally present in Adam
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According to Augustine what caused natural evil to occur?
Disobedient Angels
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Who argued that Augustine's assertion that a perfect world went wrong is a logical contradiction?
Schleiermacher
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Which two philosophers argued that God could have created free beings that always chose the right thing?
Flew and Mackie
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Who cited the Lisbon earthquake to illustrate the indiscriminate nature of evil?
Voltaire
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Who argued that Augustine's theodicy still means God is responsible for evil because he created a 'faulty product'?
John Hick
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What story from the Hebrew Bible did Irenaeus use to illustrate the developmental role that evil plays?
Jonah
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How did Irenaeus understand the sin of Adam and Eve?
A bad choice made because of insufficient knowledge
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What are the two stages of creation that John Hick outlines?
Image and likeness
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What is meant by the term Epistemic Distance?
The idea that God makes his existence doubtful to allow true free will
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How does Hick describe the world that we are in?
A vale of soul making
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Who was said to have remarked that the essence of Hick’s Theodicy is "Here you go, a bit of cancer should help toughen you up!“
D.Z. Phillips
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Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
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