Natural evil

control ourselves, and as Hobbes said it is because we are naturally like this. But a thing that Hobbes and Locke were agree was that “people must give up some of their rights in order to gain protection and the security of basic rights.” Good and evil are two concepts that the same man created, and with this concepts we can know now what is good and what is bad, what we can do and what we cannot do. So since the time that we are born the society tell us what are the bad things and what are the…

Simon Blackburn’s claim that the existence of evil strongly suggests that there isn’t a god who is all-good, all-knowing and all-powerful is wrong. Since God is omniscience, omnipotence and omnibenevolence, Blackburn believes the idea of God contradicts all the bad happening in this world. He supposes if god had more power, he would destroy evil. Since evil exists, then god isn’t what we claim he is. There are suffering, poverty, natural disasters and evil in this world. Blackburn claims that…

of evil and questioning God’s omnipotence presented by Mackie in his article “Evil and Omnipotence”. Mackie has his own “Inconsistent TRIAD” formula that states: 1. God is omnipotent 2. God is omnibenevolent 3. Evil exists. He argues that these premises are inconsistent since all three of them cannot exist at the same time. The premise below states that the free choice of good or evil by men is dependent on God. And if men can choose good on some occasion, then men can choose good over evil on…

Faustus’s descent into damnation to Christ’s descent into hell after his death and before his resurrection. Hirchfeld’s main points in the article are to explain how it is natural for humans to want to atone for their sins, especially when the punishment of damnation exists. Similar to Parker, Hirschfeld discusses how natural it is for Faustus, and the audience, to seek knowledge. I will use this source to continue to prove that the tale of Doctor Faustus is a tale of forgiveness. I will use…

Introduction The problem of evil in religion has been an issue for the followers of religions considering the constant confrontation with evil which bring about human suffering thus this brings about questions as to what constitute the real meaning of life. Religion has it as a duty to answer questions related to the origin of evil and the end of evil. The presence evil has been a great source of suffering to humanity hence it becomes a burden to man. It…

I decided to make a comprehensive guide to my posts. This way anyone who reads my blog will have a quick reference to follow: The first step in self improvement is to accept that there is nothing broken or wrong with you. The next is to examine your life and see the big picture. Third would be planning your life around the truth (however, taking action is usually more important if you are just spinning your wheels), but before that you must accept certain things: Happiness is external (i.e.…

short and straight to the point is the definition of evil. Evil, usually perceived as an uncontrollable and invisible force, is defined many different ways. Religions, philosophers, scientist have tried to pinpoint the exact definition of evil ,but how can someone completely define something without knowing its source. How can you completely define something without knowing where it began, the first time evil as a whole appeared. People created evil, in nature there's no good or bad. The lion…

take some type of direction in an attempt to answer this question of why bad things happen to good people we first have to look into the concept of theodicy. In this concept, there is an attempt to prove there is divine goodness regardless of what evil may be in the world. As you can imagine there a various views and ideas on ways to show proof of this idea. The information I will use in an attempt to understand this idea is written in the article Thoedicy? written by Kenneth Surin. Within this…

The Good old question that has been around since the beginning of mankind growth in to the whole. Can good exist without evil, can we somehow get rid of the evil that plagues us all. I believe that we can’t that Evil cannot exist without good simply because they are the fabric of existence, just like yin and yang, two sides of the same coin. If you truly believe that there is evil in the world, then you must believe that there is good in the world as well. We can’t know what is wrong unless we…

Leibniz and Voltaire Concerning the Topic of Evil Voltaire: “It is the concern of physical evil that I would like to call attention to; it is in the macabre events such as plagues and earthquakes that call into question the weakness of our nature. If we regard this world, such as it is, the best of all possible systems, then how are we to hope for a happy future state? Are nations not in the wrong to seek out the origin of moral and physical evil if the evils that overwhelm man end in general…