PHL-200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Divine Command Theory, Natural Evil, Moral Evil
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* just because someone is a moral agent does not mean they"re morally good, it just means it"s morally responsible for what it does and is morally responsible for moral praise or blame * A person is a moral being who is a moral agent, not just human. What makes x right or wrong: if god commands or forbids x. God commands x because x is good/right. Create the greatest possible world: what"s the criterion, su ering. If god is all-good : he wants to eliminate all moral evil, if god is all-powerful , he can eliminate all moral evil, if god is all-good and all-powerful, then there is no moral evil. : but there is moral evil, therefore, there is no all-good and all-powerful god. To be true, this quali er must be true properly: if god is all-good, he"d want to properly eliminate moral evil, god can eliminate/prevent all the moral evil it is logically possible to eliminate.
