PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Omnipotence, Natural Evil
Document Summary
The difference between prudential and evidential reasons for belief is that prudential reasons gives best explanation for particular designed case, and evidential reasons emphasize the importance of actual evidence. . 50 if you roll a 5 or 6. Eu = 4/6 * . 20 + 2/6 * (-. 50) = sh. 30: try to explain clifford"s objection against pascal"s (and. Clifford objects as to one should never believe anything without having evidence. Omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent god doesn"t exist. There is evil there is suffering in the universe. Any omniscient being will prevent evil being exist. Any omnipotent being will be able to create an universe free of evil. The free will defense states people are free beings and sometimes do something evil. Natural evils are evils that are not caused by the free will of any agent. One is to reduce natural evil to willed evil; here, natural evil is considered not necessary.
