PHL 101 Lecture 3: Phil 101 (Introduction to Philosophy) - in-class notes 3
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How can an all-knowing, all-powerful, good god exist when evil exists. Given that evil exists, god cannot exist (religion: how can a perfectly good being produce evils, conception of god who is perfectly good, who has a causal relation to everything else. His privation theory does not mean that evil is an illusion. He believes that people who do evil often are generally bad. A supremely good being cannot make evil things. If evil was a substance, it would be good. Main argument: corruptible things are good, the only thing that exist are corruptible things and the supreme good, therefore, everything that exists is good, therefore, evil cannot be a substance. Everything that has a nature is good, then evil cannot be something that has a. Q: according to augustine, the reason that some angels are bad and some are good is that they have different natures. Q: augustine argues that nothing is the efficient cause of an evil will.
