(See J. L. Mackie's "Evil and Omnipotence"; much of the handout below is a summary of Mackie's points in this article.) The adequate responses will simply reject either one of (1) through (4) above.
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The following is a brief summary of the standard responses to the problem of evil, as well as Mackie’s main reasons for thinking that they don’t work: #1: Good can’t exist without evil; evil is a necessary counterpart to good.
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As all three propositions appear essential from a theistic perspective, it seems that God’s omnipotence and complete goodness are being decisively argued against. In this paper, I hope to explore in more detail, Mackie’s claim that a good omnipotent being cannot exist alongside evil.
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But given a deity who falls considerably short of omnipotence, omniscience, and moral perfection, but who could intervene in our world to prevent many evils, and who knows of those evils, it would seem that an argument rather similar to the above could be formulated by focusing not on the mere existence of evil,
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Grad Resources - Serving the needs of graduate and professional students ... The deductive problem of evil claims that the following two statements are logically inconsistent. I am following the work of John Mackie, Oxford Professor of Philosophy in his paper "Evil and Omnipotence" (Mind, 1955). ... SUMMARY STATEMENTS...
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In the Preface, Weisberger lays her cards on the table: she gives a clear and concise summary of the overall shape of her argument. She announces her belief that the success or failure of the theodicies which she investigates is pivotal for determining the success or failure of the argument from evil.
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The Omnipotence Paradox is an age old problem. However, I assert that it's not only NOT A PROBLEM, but is actually makes an important point about the relationship between the a-priori and the a-posteriori; the relationship between the laws of logic and physical laws.
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In “Evil and Omnipotence,” Mackie asserts, “God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. ... Philosopher Peter van Inwagen writes that the thesis claiming that God and evil are contradictory (i.e., the deductive proof) is “no longer defended.”4 Even atheist William Rowe declares,
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The Problem of Evil: an introduction Matt Hickey, Ph.D. Outline Preliminaries The Logical Problem The Evidential Problem The Religious Problem Summary Preliminaries Why Bother? God, freedom, and evil. NY. Harper & Row. 1974. Hick, John. Evil and the God of Love. London. Macmillan. 1966. Mackie, JL. Evil and Omnipotence.
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