The Problem of evil Flashcards
Natural Evil
Causes suffering but not from any human wrongdoing - cancer, floods, volcanos
Moral evil
Evil as a result of human wrongdoing. Murder/ War
John Stewart Mill
The extent of evil in the world does not suggest a good God, but a malevolent creator.
Augustine’s Theodicy
Evil is the absence of good “privatio boni”
Evil nothing more then the result of misused free will
Huge planet can’t all be perfect, some things are better (have more good) than others
Sin of adam and eve bought moral evil into the world
Criticism of Augustine
Some acts are purely evil in themself, natural disasters, cancers, rape
If god is all knowing, surely he knew free will would cause so much evil
Out dated
Irenaeus theodicy
Must be evil in the world in order for us to appreciate the good
Made in God’s image but freely grow into his likeness
Hick (soul making theodicy)
“vale of soul making”
A place where our characters and souls are shaped
Through hardships we are able to true to God through choice
Epistemically distance between God and Humans
Spinoza
No events are truly evil this is just how we label it
Mill
The evidential problem of evil
Horrific things happening pushes us further away from God
