Stephany Candamo
February 2, 2010
PHI2010, Sutherland
The Problem of Evil
The Problem of Evil has been an uncertainty in the world of
philosophy and religion for many centuries. Questioning in any direction
some cases, quarrels and heated disputes follow. Of course with a subject as
touchy as religion, people are bound to disagree on many things. There is
the first argument that an all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good God
would not allow any, or certain kinds of, evil or suffering to occur. Unlike the
logical argument from evil, which says that the existence of God is
incompatible with some known fact about evil, the apparent argument from
evil contends that some known fact about evil is evidence against the
existence of God. For example, one version of the argument challenges that
have a morally sufficient reason for allowing certain evils to occur to
ensure that some greater good is achieved as a consequence of that evil. This
is not to say that it is fair in the end but more of a trade-off, I suppose you
could say. For example, a little girl suffering from a painful, terminal illness
hasa wish to meet her favorite actress. This actress is a morally inept
human with complete disregard to anybody but herself and her issues.
Meeting this little girl completely turns this actress’ life around and she
becomes a humanitarian, because she sees how others suffer greatly. So, due
to this girls illness, this actress changes her ways and the many less-
fortunate people benefit from the millions that she starts donating along
wants to say that it is okay that the girl died for the benefit of all those
others? No one, but in God’s eyes, he justifies it. This is why some believe
that “Evil is accompanied by the greater good”. Within the Problem of Evil
there may be an underlying reason that explains what we would otherwise
see as cruel and irrational.
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