W8: Lecture Flashcards
The Judeo-Christian-Islamic God is…
all-loving, all powerful, and all knowing
What are the two types of evil?
Natural evil
Moral evil
What is natural evil?
Natural events that bring consequences to humans, that humans haven’t brought upon themselves.
ex. lightning striking someone
What is moral evil?
Consequences to humans, caused by humans.
ex. murder
What are the two versions of the problem of evil?
Logical (deductive)
Existential (inductive)
What is a deductive argument?
If the premises of the argument are true, the conclusion must be true.
The Judeo-Christian-Islamic God knows…
the past, the present, and the future
Logically incompatible means…
Some things can’t be true at the same time, as they cause a logical contradiction
ex. I was born in Canada, and I was born in the continent of Asia.
J.L. Mackie claims that the existence of an all-loving, all powerful, all-knowing God is _______ _______ with the existence of evil.
logically incompatible
What is a theodicy?
A rational argument that attempts to justify the existence of God, despite the existence of evil.
St. Augustine of Hippo argued that evil doesn’t exist. Instead evil is…
the absence of good.
