49-57 reading Flashcards
what is Augustine’s readership second to
the bible
who were two admirers of Augustine
Anselm and Peter John
who was an admirer of augustine that disagreed with him
peter john
what is the problem of suffering also known as
the problem of evil
what question does the problem of suffering raise
why do bad things happen to good people
what is the example of problem of suffering used by the author
the 12 year old girl in Burbank who was kept in a slave setting
what is one of augustines most famous works and how is it written
Confessions and it is a monologue written as Augustine’s prayer to god
why does Augustine think evil occurs which singer mirrors this idea?
for its own sake
-johnny cash: “i shot a man in reno-just to watch him die.”
why was the idea of the problem of suffering hard for Augustine
since he was a Neoplatonist
-when you look around at the world with suffering, it is hard to notice divine perfection
how do you disprove a conditional statement
you have to show that the antecedent could be true while the consequent is false
why does augustine think god allows suffereing
because god has good reason
1)preserve human reason
2)
free will defence
a solution to the problem of suffering according to which god judges that free will is so valuable that is worth the price of the cruelty that some ppl choose
Why can free will the defence be invalid
because of natural evils
why does augustine think natural evils occur
god’s punishment for evil acts
argument from analogy
a valid argument form that can be schematized as follows
1. A is to B as C is to D
2. A is P with respect to B
3. therefore, C is P with respect to D
