PHILOS 12 Chapter 1-2: Chapter Notes 1
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The free-will theodicy is seen as one of the most difficult questions faced by philosophers today. This theodicy lies on the belief that although god"s creatures make bad choices with their free will, it far outweighs a world without free will and suffering. The major counterargument against the free-will theodicy is on the inconsistency of how. God, a perfect, just, and fair being could allow for evil which is defined as undeserved suffering, to manifest in the world. The free will theodicy arises from the term theodicy which claims that god, a perfect being who is both omniscient (all- seeing) and omnipotent (all-powerful) exists and is thus not bound by the laws of the universe. Many individuals believe in this figure despite the implausibility of such a being existing. The problem of evil describes a reality that our world contains large amounts of undeserved suffering, and therefore god cannot exist as he would not allow for evil to exist.
