The Problem of Evil I Considering some examples, framing the argument.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Modal Versions of the Ontological Argument Based on Alvin Plantingas discussion in God, Freedom, and Evil (1974).

Advertisements

Part Two on Suffering. The selection of the Jews for extermination.

General Argument from Evil Against the Existence of God The argument that an all-powerful, all- knowing, and perfectly good God would not allow any—or.

Michael Lacewing The Idea of God Michael Lacewing © Michael Lacewing.

An argument which suggests God does not exist The basic problem – God is said to be... All powerful and morally perfect But there is evil in the world.

The Problem of Evil: How Can an All-Good, All-Powerful God Exist and There Still Be Evil in the World? Dostoevsky: God and evil are not reconcilable: evil.

The logical problem of evil

The Ontological Argument

Quick Quiz Cave, Sun, Evil.

 Boethius ( AD)  Fluent in both Latin and Greek  Familiar with works of both Plato & Aristotle  Translated Aristotle’s logical works into Latin.

The Philosophy of Christianity Scholasticism. Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)  Dominican Monk  Primary work was Summa Theologica  Wanted to make a science.

Contingency Argument Why anything at all exists. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”

The Problem of Evil. Consider This: Terrible tragedy seems to have no positive value Genocides of Hitler & Stalin Child slowly dying from cancer in terrible.

The evidential problem of evil

The Ontological Argument

© Michael Lacewing Omnipotence and other puzzles Michael Lacewing co.uk.

Malcolm’s ontological argument Michael Lacewing

The first proof for God’s existence I have an idea of God (an infinite, perfect being. The cause of an idea must have as much formal reality as objectively.

Planning to answer a C style question 1. Read the question and highlight the keywords. Explain how the causation argument might lead to belief in God.

Anti- Theodicy Anti- Theodicy Those religions that posit the existence of an all-good and all- powerful God have a special “problem of evil” to be solved-

The Problem of Evil II Mackie on the logical problem and Swinburne’s theodicy.

SWINBURNE A THEODICY: AN APOLOGY (EXPLANATION) OF EVIL ON THE ASSUMPTION GOD EXISTS.

The Existence of God Daniel von Wachter. Issues involved How does “God” refer? What is God supposed to be like? What makes theistic belief rational? (basic.

Divine attributes Michael Lacewing

© Michael Lacewing The attributes of God Michael Lacewing

The Problem of Evil The Logical Problem. Epicurus Greek philosopher who founded the Epicurean School of philosophy in Athens. Epicurus’ formulation of.

The Teleological Argument October 7 th The Teleological Argument Learning Objective: To analyse the argument from Design, considering its strengths.

Introduction to Philosophy Jason M. Chang

Belief and non-belief in God Objectives:  To introduce the section ‘Believing in God’ and keywords  To understand and explain what it means to be a theist,

Fyodor Dostoevsky "Life is in ourselves and not in the external"

The Problem of Evil The Theistic Problem. Why a Problem? Suffering simply happens; why is this a problem? Any compassionate being (human or otherwise)

The anti-theistic argument from Evil. The Deductive argument from evil If there is a God, then this God would prevent Evil But there is Evil Therefore.

Theodicy And The Problem Of Evil  The Argument Against Western Theism: Reason To Doubt That A Christian God Exists 1. Christianity Assumes God Is Omniscient,

The Well-Organized Paragraph. What do you do with it after you’ve found it?

“A WISE MAN PROPORTIONS HIS BELIEF TO EVIDENCE”

1. An all-powerful God exists 2. An all-loving God exists 3. Evil exists Versions of the Problem of Evil Intellectual VersionEmotional Version Logical.

Believing in God (need Christian knowledge only in this unit) Revise key aspects of the unit Create set of revision notes.

Evaluating Augustine’s Theodicy Drawing conclusions & formulating arguments Use this discussion to identify different points of view & clarify your own.

Miracles Evaluation.

Chapter 4 The God Who Reveals Religion

Theodicy: The Study of Evil  If God is Benevolent (all-good), Omnipotent (all-powerful) and Omniscient (all-knowing), how could evil exist?  In other.

Islamic Studies unit 1.7 By Abida Mohammed 10S.

How should we define God? Maximally perfect being, greatest conceivable being God is a disembodied mind.

 Boethius ( AD)  Fluent in both Latin and Greek  Familiar with works of both Plato & Aristotle  Translated Aristotle’s logical works into Latin.

The problem of suffering

Remember How many words used for God can you remember from last lesson? All Loving/ Omnibenevolent All Knowing/ Omniscient All Powerful/ Omnipotent.

Seeing things differently... What do you see? Do different religions see God differently, or are some ways of seeing God just not the same?

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing to stop it - Edmund Burke.

Believing in God (You only need Christian knowledge in this unit) Revise key aspects of the unit Create set of revision notes.

The evidential problem of evil

Omnipotence and other puzzles

Lecture 20 & 21: God and the Problem of Evil

Evil and Suffering and Non-Belief in God – Model Answer

On a new page, miss out the top two lines and…

The logical problem of evil

The Problem of Evil The Theistic Problem.

Introduction to Religious Philosophy: God and the World

‘The existence of evil and suffering in the world proves that God does not exist.’ (12 marks) Agree: Examples of natural and moral evil / God is omnipotent.

The Greatness of GOD & The Goodness of GOD.

Religion and Ethics 1. Does morality depend on religion?

The Existence of God & Revelation

The Problem of Evil.

Miracles and the problem of evil

What does it mean to be eternal?

EVIL /SIN /SUFFERING.

Boethius on the Problem of Freedom & Determinism

GOD What’s he like?. GOD What’s he like? GOD Boy 7 years old.

Attributes of God How does revelation show the attributes of God

The Problem of Evil.

The Problem of Evil.

Presentation transcript:

The Problem of Evil I Considering some examples, framing the argument.

Goya: Executions of the 3 rd of May

Fyodor Dostoevsky Russian Novelist, Commissioned as an engineering officer in the Russian Army. Arrested an imprisoned in 1849 for belonging to a liberal group, subjected to a mock execution, then exiled to Siberia. Orthodox believer.

Rebellion Some vivid examples, focusing on children. (Why children?) From executions to beatings to grotesque abuse to the General. Is the knowledge of good and evil worth this price? What does Ivan say here? Can God ‘make it OK’ after the fact? What does Ivan say about this? What is rebellion?

So, what’s the problem? The ‘perfect God’ (= the theistic God): –Omniscient. (Knows everything.) –Omnipotent. (Can do anything.) –Perfectly benevolent. (Wants only the best for all.) The challenge: –Look at the world around us: are the evils we see there compatible with such a God?

An early argument from evil Epicurus: –If God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly benevolent, then God can prevent all evils, God knows about all evils, and God wants to prevent all evils. –But there are evils. –So there is no omnipotent, omniscient and perfectly benevolent God.

Theistic explanations of evil 1.Necessary evils: If God is limited by logic and some evils are logically inevitable, then there will be evils despite God. 2.Evils that are necessary means to greater goods: If there are goods that can only be achieved by allowing/creating evils, and the goods ‘outweigh’ those evils, God could be right to allow those evils. 3.Evils that are not ‘God’s fault’: If some aspects of the world are not fixed by God, but by some other (imperfect) co-creator, evils could result from those imperfections. (links to 2, here) 4.A radical response: There are no evils.