PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Natural Evil, Omnipotence, Omnibenevolence
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Prudential reason are aimed at making you better off. Where as, evidential reason is aimed at the truth. Multiply the chances of the action succeeding by the payoff" (utility) of the successful outcome. 1/6 (chances) x . 20(payoff/utility) = sh. 2: try to explain clifford"s objection agains pascal"s (and james"s) argument. William james version of wager; for most beliefs, evidence matters. If god is omniscient, he knows if there is evil. If god is omnipotent he can eliminate what he abhors. Soul improving evil is some bad things that make us better people. For example, you have to let a baby fall for it to learn to walk. God wants us to be as good as possible. Free will defense is a maybe world in which there are free beings that is better than a world of robots". Natural evils are evils that are not the result of the free will of any agent.
