1. Last semester I took an Applied Ethics class and one of the philosophers we discussed was Peter Singer who is a utilitarian who believes in maximizing good and minimize harm and suffering. While Singer holds no firm religious belief in his adult life, he understands not all evil can be prevented but as humans we can do our part by at least minimizing it. His theory is, if you see a child drowning in a pond you should save the child. Like Singer, David Hume struggled with the idea of God existing since there is pain and suffering. Hume believed there was a cause of misery, but could not find what the cause was Then there is Immanuel Kant who responds to Hume argues that humans are the cause of our own evil and misery due to believing God
