PHIL 1000 Midterm: Exam 3 Study Guide Answered
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Explain both: problem of evil two premises combine to claim that if evil exists, god can either not be benevolent or not be omnipotent, premise #2 is not justified (if god is able to prevent it but doesn"t ) god may be benevolent even though there is evil because the evil may be caused by something else such as humans theodicies, cheap solution deny that evil is widespread (good outweighs evil). Carefully explain three of the theodicies we discussed in class. Explain why each of the three you discussed might fail to accomplish their goal: theodicy attempt to provide a reason why evil can exist but god still maintain being benevolent and omnipotent, they attempt to explain how evil exists even though god is omnipotent and benevolent. It"s saying we need examples of what is bad so that we can know what is good.
