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Can evil co-exist with a perfect God? This question poses a difficult question for Theism because, when you talk about the definition of a theistic God is that he is all knowing, good and omnipotent. So he knows all, and he generally goes for the greater good for the human race. So, if he was all knowing, good and omnipotent, meaning he can do anything, why does he let suffering happen? It really is in direct contradiction about the definition of a theistic God because then if he is willing to…

In his work ( Existentialism is Humanism), Sartre, one of the most influential figures in western philosophy emphasis free will and work from every aspect to prove the absolute freedom of decision of a human beings. Perhaps Sartre was influenced by the historical events of his time, or, perhaps he was defending existentialism as a philosophical perspective. But what matters is that in the end, Sartre puts freedom of choice first and last. To demonstrate or to prove per se this freedom of choice…

is what is called free will. The opposing side of free will is hard determinism. Hard determinism is a theory that everything that occurs in the universe is entirely determined to be that way, due to causation. Hard determinists believe choice does not exist, free will does not exist, and randomness does not exist. When you woke up this morning and picked out your clothes for the day was that free will or determinism? When you chose what you would eat for breakfast was that free will or…

The Book of Job probes the question of the problem of evil in the world. This book is one of the more philosophical books in the old testament. It has spiritual value, but it also has a universal philosophical value that touches on the problem of evil. The main character is Job who is an upstanding gentile man of his town. He has a family, a farm, and status in his town. One-day God and Satan are talking and Satan says Job only loves God because he is blessed with a good life. So as a challenge…

that a preceded event had forced him to interact with him so Marty’s actions were his own choice. Encountering his father in the past was a determined event but his interaction with him was a deliberate decision. This idea that determined actions and free will are compatible with each other is known as compatibilism. Compatibilism states that decisions and actions may be determined by one 's beliefs and desires (Litch 129). Going back to the scene, it was Marty’s desire to talk to his father…

For Empedocles, the origin of organisms is an act brought on by chance, which can be defined as a “coincidental cause” (Physics 54). For Empedocles, it is important to note the importance of love and strife and the role these two elements play in the chance process. Before the origin of organisms, love out-ruled strife and there was a continuous harmony in the universe. However, Empedocles suggests that the spirits of the universe had become corrupt and strife’s power began to increase and…

Looking at number 2, would one consider it to be true? That God would not allow any type of evil to exist? God has given humans free will, and thus humans are highly likely to engage in acts of evil. If God completely prevented evil from this universe, then humans would have some part of their free will stripped away. This would be unacceptable to that God and thus would be the reason on why God allows evil to exist. Now comes the question, what is considered evil…

Swinburne offers a free will theodicy. Before explaining his theodicy it is important to note the two types of evil. Natural evil, which is caused by disease, unforeseeable accidents, and natural disasters. Then there is moral evil, caused by humans intentionally doing actions they should not be, or evil caused out of negligence. God offers free will, humans have the power of make significant choices between good and evil. Free will needs to be there in order for deeper goods…

meaningless. The two possibilities are: (i) human character determines free action; or (ii) human character does not determine free action. So, either (i) our character determines what we are going to do—in which case our actions express our character and it is a reflection of who we are—or (ii) our character does not determine what we are going to do, and our actions are random. Theists argue that since (i) human character determines free action, freedom is meaningful. Freedom allows human…

In the free will vs. determinism debate, hard determinism seems to be a dominant belief. Hard determinism is the belief that free will and determinism are incompatible ideas, and that it is not possible to truly believe in both without being logically inconsistent. Under hard determinism, there is a view called hard incompatibilism which Smilansky subscribes to. Hard incompatibilism is the belief that determinism is incompatible with both human freedom and moral responsibility. Saul Smilansky…