GEE 201 - Problem of Evil 1st Sem AY 2024-2025 PDF

THE PROBLEM OF EVIL Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City LEARNING OBJECTIVES CONTENTS At the end of the VI. PROBLEM OF EVIL lesson, the students should be able to: I. Sketching the terrain: Nature of 1. Analyze the problem of the...

THE PROBLEM OF EVIL Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City LEARNING OBJECTIVES CONTENTS At the end of the VI. PROBLEM OF EVIL lesson, the students should be able to: I. Sketching the terrain: Nature of 1. Analyze the problem of the Problem of Evil evil. II. Theoretical problems of 2. Evaluate the evil Characteristic III. The existential problem of evil of evil 3. Analyze the importance IV. Three theodicies of necessary evil V. Necessary Evil NEW NORMAL Learning  Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City Watch: The Entire Movie, “The Exorcist” (American film released in 1973) IS EVIL REAL OR NOT ACCORDING TO THE MOVIE? (WITH THE ABOVE-MENTIONED QUERY, SUBMIT YOUR REACTION ON A ONE-PIECE LONG COUPON BOND NEW NORMAL Learning  I. Sketching the Terrain: Nature of the Problem of Evil Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City The problem of evil is the philosophical question of how to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God. There are currently differing definitions of these concepts. The best known presentation of the problem is attributed to the NEW NORMAL Learning Greek philosopher Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City e Believed that natural evil challenges the idea of God. “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” ― Epicurus- NEW NORMAL Learning Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City NEW NORMAL Learning Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City NEW NORMAL Learning  Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City "Evil" has a wider range of definitions than that for which human or supernatural agents are responsible. There are two main types of evil: 1.Moral evil - This covers the willful acts of human beings (such as murder, rape, etc.) 2.Natural evil - This refers to natural disasters (such as famines, floods, etc.) Of these two types, we may further divide both of them into the following two classes: 3.Physical evil - This means bodily pain or mental anguish (fear, illness, grief, war, etc.) 4.Metaphysical evil - This refers to such things as imperfection and chance (criminals going unpunished, deformities, etc.) NEW NORMAL Learning  II. Theoretical Problems of Evil Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City The theoretical problem of evil The problem of evil is generally formulated in two forms: the logical problem of evil and the evidential problem of evil. The logical form of the argument tries to show a logical impossibility in the coexistence of a god and evil, while the evidential form tries to show that given the evil in the world, it is improbable that there is an omnipotent, NEW NORMAL Learning omniscient, and a wholly good god.  III. The Existential Problem w/ evil Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City The problem of evil has different formulations, one of which is called the existential problem of evil; this means that when the evils and sufferings of the world actually affect man, man is psychologically unable to continue his former relationship with God and it seems that his emotions are not contended with God. NEW NORMAL Learning  IV. The Three Theodicies Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City WHAT IS THEODICY? 1.the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil. NEW NORMAL Learning  V. NECESSARY EVIL Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City A necessary evil is an evil that someone believes must be done or accepted because it is necessary to achieve a better outcome—especially because possible alternative courses of action or inaction are expected to be worse. Examples of necessary evil The invisible part of politics - lobbying, majority maneuvers, and persuasion - is a necessary evil to manage problems effectively.... On a libertarian account, the state is ultimately seen as a necessary evil and should remain extremely limited in power and scope. NEW NORMAL Learning  NEXT TOPIC Alkalde Jose St., Kapasigan, Pasig City VII. MAJOR RELIGIONS At the end of the lesson, the 1. The three Major students should be able to: Religions 1.Understand various -Christianity religions in -Islam existence -Judaism 2. Other dominant religions 2. Deepen the -Buddhism understanding -Confucianism of one’s religion. -Protestantism NEW NORMAL Learning