Conciliating God and evil

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

02/05/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction.
The problem of evil and the existence of god.
The logic used to prove that god is straightforward.
1. Considering standard objections for better understanding.
2. The existence of evil can be consistent with the idea of a perfect god.
The idea of free will.
1. Mackie: Free will is no excuse for evil's existence.
2. Plantinga's attempt to show why god is omniscient, omnipotent, and good.
3. Plantinga and the paramount nature of free will.
4. Plantinga: 'Transworld Depravity'.
5. Free will: Superior to a world without free will.
Conclusion.
Works cited.

Abstract

Few arguments pursue such a simple logic against theistic thought more effectively than the Problem of evil. In short, this analyzes god's properties and the incoherent nature of his good verses the evil in the world. In response, Alvin Plantinga makes a compelling Free Will Defense argument for a review of the nature of god's omnipotence and how it can be consistent with the existence of evil. While Plantinga makes a strong argument to shift the burden of proof back upon the proponents of the problem of evil, such as Mackie, he makes one fatal assumption: that free will is superior to a world with no free will. Taking into account the reasons to believe in the ascendancy of predetermined decisions, one must seriously reconsider the effectiveness of Plantinga's argument.