PROBLEM OF EVIL Flashcards
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THEODICY
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A justification of the righteousness of God, given the existence of evil
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Soul-deciding
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People’s response to evil decides their destiny
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Soul-making
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The presence of evil helps people to grow and develop
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Privation of good
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An absence or lack of good. A malfunctioning of something that in itself is good
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Epistemic distance
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A distance in the knowledge of God
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Natural Evil
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Evil + Suffering caused by non-human agencies
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Moral Evil
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Evil + Suffering caused by deliberate misuse of human free will
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Privatio Boni
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Used by Augustine to mean an absence of goodness
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Free Will
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The ability to make independent choices between real options
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What is the Inconsistent Triad?
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- An inconsistent triad is a series of three propositions which cannot all be true at the same time
- This one is: God cannot be omnibenevolent and omipotent and have evil exist in the world
- Either he is not all loving or all powerful OR he doesnt exist
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