PHIL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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This can be connected to god and how he is the greatest thing. The problem of evil (fyodor dostoevsky): the question of how evil can exist in our world when the greatest being god exists as well. A set of statements is inconsistent when it is not possible for all of them to be true at the same time. Free will defense: free will given to us by god allows for evil in the world, the evil that results from free will is a necessary consequence of freedom. Justified evil: evil that is necessary for the greater good. It might be argued that evil is required for us. *animals are also subject to pain and suffering. In one reading, readers are given an example involving an imaginary island. We can imagine the most beautiful island possible in our minds. But there is probably a physical island even better than what our own minds can create.
