PHIL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pointless, Natural Disaster, Theodicy
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The problem of evil: two versions: the logical problem of evil. The existence of evil makes god"s existence impossible. God"s nature is incompatible with the existence of evil: the evidential problem of evil. The existence of evil (or certain kinds of evils) makes god"s existence unlikely. William rowe"s version of the evidential problem of evil: pointless evils: Instances of intense suffering which god could have prevented without losing some greater good or permitting some evil equally bad or worse: kinds of evils: Natural evils: bad things incurred by natural causes: suffering or death due to disease, natural disaster, etc, no one is morally responsible for the evil. Moral evils: bad things willingly done by people: acts of cruelty, betrayal, deceit, murder, etc, someone is morally responsible for the evil, 1. If god exists, there are no pointless evils. It is likely that there are pointless evils ( the factual premise": 3. Therefore, it is likely that god does not exist.
