PHIL 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Richard Swinburne, Moral Evil, Theodicy

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 201
• Professor: C. Kenneth Waters

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Swinburne, richard (1977) problem of evil: 2 part. The problem of evil types: evil of the first type physical evil, evil of the second type mental evil, evil of the third type state evil, and, evil of the fourth type moral evil. Objections: god ought not to create evil doers, against passive evil, the quantity of the evil, passive evil not due to human action. For surely there could be fqee agents who did not have the power of moral choice, agents whose only opportunities for choice were between morally indifferent alternatives. Against passive evil: for supposing that the existence of moral evil is compatible with the existence of god. It has not given grounds for supposing that the existence of evil consequences of moral evils is compatible with the existence of god: i do not find (p2) a very plausible moral principle. It is not wrong to create a world where creatures have responsibilities for each other.