PHL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Moral Evil, Theism, Omnibenevolence
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First writing assignment (assignment sheet posted on quercus) divided into a number of parts, like a problem set. Can be in bullet points: task not only to explain his words, but how they bear on passage 1 argument, what is it exactly about that argument in passage 1 that nagle is objecting to. *this paper isn"t like a paper or essay, think of it as an essay* 12 pt font, double spacing, 1 inch margins, name, ta name, student number on first page. Don"t do research on passages, use passages only, so. Two different kinds of evil: moral and natural. Starts with moral: cruelty, war, cheating, corruption two fundamental points about problem of evil. Try as you may to find a contradiction in theists" view, but there isn"t one, for there is no reason to rule out possibility of an omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent being. Mackie trying to make sense in pt.
