Free Narrative Essays

1) In this paper I argue that B.C. Johnson’s argument about the problem of evil and God when it comes to dependence is weak because his work field explanation fails. I will address this argument as the “Dependence Argument.” As you read you will notice the simple addition to the job field he addresses points out holes in his “Dependence Argument.” Johnson’s following argument, which I will call the “Moral Urgency Argument,” provides a similar attack to the theist explanation for God allowing…

inherent motivating influence in human decision-making. For the sake of argument and the purpose of this paper, this intuitive metaphysical force will be regarded as free-will,…

Elliott Sober explains that the problem of evil is that its existence is proof for atheism. The proof for atheism based off the existence of evil is called the argument of evil. The first argument proclaims that if God existed, he would be all powerful, all knowing, and all good, and if he did exist, then there would be no evil in the world. Since evil does exist in this world, the conclusion is that god does not exist. There are various other forms of the argument of evil that add exceptions…

is all-powerful mean that he can control everything that exists? I think that the belief in randomness is directly tied to the concept of free will. Most religions contradict themselves on this point in my opinion, in that they all espouse the concept of free will and how central it is in their beliefs, but at the same time believe in the concept of destiny. Free will and destiny are opposing beliefs, and cannot both exist. Furthermore, randomness has to exist as a prerequisite for our continued…

Kushner wrote a book on his view of the theodicy by using the book of job, personal experience, and other stories. Kushner begins his book with the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?” For many years this question have been circulating trying to find an answer for it just seems impossible. Kushner also wrote about people believing that God is all good and all powerful even though he allows chaotic things to happen not only to ones who deserve it but also to the people that are…

Within Ayer’s short essay he discusses the two, seemingly opposing, ideas of free-will and determinism. Throughout his work, however, Ayer seems to break down the ‘divide’ between these two ideas by discussing the differences between causality and constraint of actions. Ayer briefly sets up why the question free-will, and therefore freedom of action, or not having such freedoms, is a problem for us as a society. Our society’s legal system is grounded in the notion that people freely choose to…

serpent. Irenaeus also argues that God allows evil and suffering to have a place in the world because it is good to some extent; the world was deliberately created with a mixture of good and evil so that humans can mature with a good understanding and a free relationship with God. Irenaeus aims to prove this from the quote “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis 1:26). From this Irenaeus makes a two stage distinction by saying that human beings were made in God’s image but we…

After reading chapter four section six “Neuroscience and Free Will”, one philosopher stood out to me. Alva Noë’s views on what creates our consciousness and what makes a person who they are intrigues me. He states “Consciousness requires the joint of brain, body, and the world. Indeed, consciousness is an achievement of the whole animal in its environmental context” (Chaffee 208-209). The fact that he attributes consciousness to our entire being and not solely the brain makes sense to me. Many…

Fahrenheit 451 Essay For me, Freedom is the privilege to do as you please as long as it is within reason and does not harm a person in anyway. Freedom is limited. With freedom you can choose your own path in life and you will not be fully restrained. Keeping freedom is not always an easy task because it can get complicated. In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse clearly has some kind of freedom. She asks Montag lots of questions and she thinks for herself. This is some freedom and the other people in…

for allowing this? I think from the argument he conveys would be no, if freewill is the driving force would it be wrong to assume that we could turn our backs from God or already have? If he is good and we fall short of his omnipotence, could our free will be evil, thus making our self righteousness and our appearance of being “good” in a worldly sense, bad? Do we call what good, evil and what is evil,…