PHIL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Natural Evil, Miscarriage
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God does not exist because there is lots of evil, there is not an all-good/all-powerful god. He should be able to prevent future suffering. Each bit of unjustified evil is evidence against god, any evil refutes him. Evil is logically inconsistent against god, at least when not necessary for any compensating good. God is supposed to be able to perform miracles, can intervene in nature and perform miracles should be able to stop evil. Bernard gert identifies evil as anything all rational people would avoid for themselves unless they have a reason to want it. Only when its necessary to gain some good or prevent some evil. Only if the benefits are adequate to compensate for the evils. Morality restricts some harms, and when evil is caused to other people also. Shouldn"t fail to prevent important harms to others when we can prevent those harms at little/no cost.
