Philosophy 1230A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Theodicy, Irenaean Theodicy
25 Dec 2016
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Audio recording started: 9:36 am tuesday, september 20, 2016. Challenge conventional wisdom: thins we take for granted. Socratic technique: reveals beliefs on issues that matter to us are filled with tensions. Peter singer/jl mackie: contemporary gadflies that challenge our common sense beliefs. God exists and is omnipotent, omniscient and perfectly good. An all-powerful, all-knowing god could prevent serious evils from occurring. A morally perfect god would prevent serious evils from occurring. Therefore: there is no all-powerful, all-knowing and morally perfect god. Theodicy: the attempt to offer up a reason for why god allows evil and suffering that is perfectly consistent with god"s attributes. Adds extra proposition to make the apparent contradiction between god and evil compatible. If we were all puppets: god stops us whenever we do bad, then doing good is not a = We will interrupt freedom of children for their own benefit. Irenaean theodicy: without evil, there is no virtue for human development.
