PHILOS 1E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Omnibenevolence, Natural Evil, Theism
9 Jan 2016
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Philosophy 1e03: assumptions: god exists; evil exists, purpose: the belief in god is not rendered irrational by the existence of evil, augustinian solution on poe. Presupposes a fall from an original state of grace. Humans were finitely perfect before the fall. Humans now born into sin of evil: st. irenaeus: Sin was introduced into the world from a free human act, but there was a point where there was no sin. Humans started off perfect, but failed, and the result is the existence. Problem: historical/empirical evidence does not support this story. Humans gradually developed moral and spiritual maturity. Finite perfection lies at the end of history, rather than the beginning: hick"s theodicy: Existence of evil (understood as challenges and temptations) is part of. Evil is necessary for development of virtuous human beings. Soul-making theodicy requires eventual salvation of all people. Because few people achieve selflessness in this live, we must posit an afterlife: problems: part 1, the kind he answers.
