The problem of evil refers to
the challenge of reconciling belief in an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God
, with the existence of evil and suffering in the world.
What is the answer to the problem of evil?
One answer to this question is to say that
human moral agents, not the deity or God, are the cause of the evil
. The deity is not responsible for the moral evil and in some sense created a world in which it is better that there be moral evil than not to have moral evil or even the possibility of moral evil.
What exactly is the problem of evil?
The problem of evil refers to
the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil with an omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipotent God
(see theism). An argument from evil attempts to show that the co-existence of evil and such a God is unlikely or impossible.
What is Hume’s problem of evil?
The problem of evil for theists was
how to reconcile suffering with a benevolent God
. Hume solved the problem of evil by claiming that the divine was amoral but not by denying God’s existence which he needed in order to advocate his favoured notion of a general providence.
What is the problem of natural evil?
Natural Evil: The problem of natural evil involves
pain and suffering that results from natural disasters, diseases, or genetic defects
, including that of animal pain and suffering.
What are the 3 types of evil?
According to Leibniz, there are three forms of evil in the world:
moral, physical, and metaphysical
.
Why God is most assuredly evil?
The evil God challenge argues that for every theodicy that
justifies the existence
of an omnibenevolent God in the face of evil, there is a mirror theodicy that can defend the existence of an omnimalevolent God in the face of good.
What causes moral evil?
Moral evil is any morally
negative event caused by the intentional action or inaction of an agent, such as a person
. An example of a moral evil might be murder, war or any other evil event for which someone can be held responsible or culpable.
What is the origin of evil?
Many Christians believe that evil is
the result of Adam and Eve ‘s disobedience to God
. In the Garden of Eden , Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. God punished Adam and Eve for their actions, and the punishment was to endure suffering in life. This is known as ‘the fall’.
What is Hume’s argument?
Hume’s argument is
that we cannot rationally justify the claim that nature will continue to be uniform
, as justification comes in only two varieties—demonstrative reasoning and probable reasoning—and both of these are inadequate.
What is natural problem?
Naturally occurring processes
continually alter the Earth’s atmosphere, topography, biomass and biofaunal loads
and their distributions around the world. When these processes adversely impact the environment relative to the perceived needs of humanity, they are considered natural environmental problems.
What are the 2 types of evil?
- moral evil – the acts of humans which are considered to be morally wrong, eg murder and theft.
- natural evil – natural disasters, eg earthquakes or tsunamis, which humans have no control over.
Does good and evil exist?
Pyrrhonism holds that
good and evil do not exist by nature
, meaning that good and evil do not exist within the things themselves. All judgments of good and evil are relative to the one doing the judging.
Is God malevolent?
The Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus described God as malevolent,
meaning cruel
, when explaining the contradictions between the nature of God and the presence of evil and suffering: Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
What is morally wrong?
Morally wrong acts are activities such as
murder, theft, rape, lying, and breaking promises
. Other descriptions would be that they are morally prohibited, morally impermissible, acts one ought not to do, and acts one has a duty to refrain from doing. Morally right acts are activities that are allowed.
Can the problem of evil be solved?
From an atheistic viewpoint, the problem of evil
is solved trivially
and thereby in accordance with the principle of Occam’s razor: the existence of evil and suffering is reconciled with the assumption that an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God exists by assuming that no God exists.
