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Introduction The logical problem of evil by J. L. Mackie seeked to show a logical contradiction between the existence of a good omnipotent God that traditional theists propose, and the existence of evil. In his Free Will Defense, (henceforth FWD) Alvin Plantinga responds by arguing that agents with significant freedom are more valuable than those without, but that God cannot determine that such agents cannot choose wrong. Hence, it is possible that God exists but creates agents with…

existence of evil, but they differ in the fact that theist believe in an omnibenevolent (all-good), omnipotent (all-powerful), and omniscient (all-knowing) God. To Atheist, this poses a contradiction because this is a set of beliefs that can’t be all true all the time,…

What kind of morals do you have, Good or bad? A quote from H. L Mencken, “Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told”, these are good morals. Now, not all people have good morality; others do not have good morals but corrupted ones. Moral corruption is when someone is not good, bad, or evil to the core. Romantic Literature is nothing about romance, passion, or anything about love. Around the 18th and 19th century, Romantic Literature was more gothic They were meant to be…

The question of whether people are naturally good or evil is one that has been asked by writers and philosophers alike throughout the centuries. In “Heart of Darkness” one of the major themes is human nature and whether people are naturally good or evil. Conrad uses Marlow and Kurtz as vessels to explore human nature and to send a message to his audience. By examining the story, the reader can see the difference in how Marlow represents good in humanity, how Kurtz represents evil, and how these…

The depth of a person's character is based on how truthful he/she is. This is true in both O.Henry “Retrieved Reformation” and in Saki’s “The Hound’s Of Fate”. A Retrieved Reformation is about a man who fate drives him to becoming good and put his devious ways behind. The Hound’s of Fate is about a man who seeks devious and manipulative ways though he is given multiple chances to become honest. Saki and O.Henry use characterization of Jimmy and Stoner to reveal that the depth of a person may not…

Many people believe that an intelligent person are more likely going to life a happy life, but this movies shows otherwise. It really shows how that even intelligent people don’t always have it easy in life. The main character, Will, is portrayed as a genius but lives in a poverish like life style. Rather than use his talents to the best of his ability he would often hang out with friends. They would typically would do delinquent (not juvenile delinquent) like activities and get themselves in…

There is a remedy for everything but death, a hope for everything but wickedness, and everything will lapse except righteousness.” – Zoroaster God created humans to be born in a sinless state and each person has complete freedom of will to choose good or evil and shape his own destiny. People are deluded if they strive after…

not created as a good creation and then turned bad after its heart began to beat, it was born as something bad, and the…

portrayed when the older brother, Charles aggressively assaults Adam. Once this occurs, one could instantly think that through the rest of the novel that Charles is shown to be evil and Adam is shown to be good. In this way Steinbeck’s story relates that all evil needs to succeed is for good people to do nothing. Also Steinbeck writes about this type of connection for two generations in the Trask family. If the children make the same mistakes as the parents there is no room for improvement,…

with Augustine’s view of good and evil in general. In book VII, he speaks of corruption as if it were an injury: “There is absolutely no way corruption can injure our God […] since […] what he wills for himself is good” (VII:6). Humans are corruptible, and their corruption is like sores on their body. This implies two ideas that are essential to Augustine’s theology. First, if evil is like a sore on our body, then our body must contrast the sore, in other words it is good, but corrupted by evil.…