PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Natural Evil
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Exercise 5: outline the argument against the existence of god based upon evil. If all-pkg being exists, there will be no evil because an all-pkg being knows, hates and has the ability to destroy evil. People have a prudential reason to believe something if believing it makes them feel better or get some benefits. A prudential reason doesn t increase the probability of the belief. However, an evidential reason provides evidence that can show the belief is true: consider this situation: you are rolling a single die and you get paid. . 20 if you roll either a 1, 2, 3 or 4 but you have to pay . 50 if you roll a 5 or 6. Eu = 4/6 * . 20 + 2/6 * (-. 50) = sh. 30: try to explain clifford"s objection against pascal"s (and james"s) argument. Clifford thinks we should never believe anything without evidence.
