Key words

Question 0

What’s moral evil

Answer 0

Results from human actions, which are morally reproachable. The holocaust is a classic example.

Question 1

What is natural evil?

Answer 1

Results from the malfunctioning of the natural world, which produces entities such as disease and famine.

Question 2

What’s physical evil?

Answer 2

Some make further groupings such as a type which refers to pain itself and mental anguish

Question 3

What is metaphysical evil?

Answer 3

This type of evil refers to imperfection and contingency as a feature of the cosmos.

Question 4

What’s a theodicy?

Answer 4

This is an argument that suggests God us right to allow the existence of evil and suffering because in some way or another, they are necessary and essential.

Question 5

Define Monotheistic

Answer 5

The belief in one God

Question 6

Describe the God of classical theism?

Answer 6

God is all-loving, all-knowing and all-powerful

Question 7

Define Omniscient?

Answer 7

God is all knowing

Question 8

God is all powerful, what is the term for this

Answer 8

Omnipotent

Question 9

Define Omnibenevolent

Answer 9

God is all loving

Question 10

Explain the term ‘Epistemic distance’

Answer 10

It means that God must not be so close that humans would be overwhelmed by him. If they were, they would have no choice but to obey, because he overlooks every move. But in keeping a distance, God allows humans up choose freely.

Question 11

Definition of Evil

Answer 11

Wickedness, whatever is painful, malicious or disastrous