FREE WILL DEFENCE Flashcards
free will is said to be a _________ feature of humans
DEFINING
Use 1 sentence to summarise the belief of the free will defence
the risk of free will is worth the evil that may ensue.
what is the belief of life without free will?
we would appear pre - programmed like robots. we wouldn’t morally grow. therefore God doesn’t want to force humans to be good and obey him by removing our free will
recite a quote said by SWINBURNE in relation the free will defence and responsibility
‘The less (God) allows men to bring about large scale horrors, the less freedom and responsibility he gives them’
how does the Free Will Defence also attempt to explain natural evil (death)
-a world with death is better than a world without it because people cannot make sacrifices without death
-“a situation of temptation with infinite chances is no situation of temptation at all. If there is always another chance there is no risk.”
-it limits the suffering one person can take
how does Swinburne explain why God allows SO MUCH suffering?
If we ask for less suffering we are “asking that God should make a toy world… He would be like an over-protective parent who will not let his child out of his sight”
What does Hick argue is the ‘greatest good’ in relation to the Free Will Defence?
free choices enables humans to develop as spiritual beings, and freely choose a loving relationship with God - the greatest good.
Recite a quote from Hick relating to the free will defence and why free will is part of humans
“To say that God should not have created beings who might sin amounts to saying that God should not have created people”
What is Augustine’s explanation of why evil exists
evil is not created by God but is the decay of God
