he was all-knowing and all-powerful there would be no evil in the world (Robbins, 2012). Mackie presents several solutions to the problem of evil that he deems fallacious. I will argue that "Good cannot exist without evil" and "Evil is due to human free will" are in fact adequate solutions to the problem of evil. Mackie (1955), defines God as an omnipotent and omnibenevolent being, meaning God is all-knowing and all-good, and should be able to eliminate all evil from the world, and yet evil exists
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he was all-knowing and all-powerful there would be no evil in the world (Robbins, 2012). Mackie presents several solutions to the problem of evil that he deems fallacious. I will argue that "Good cannot exist without evil" and "Evil is due to human free will" are in fact adequate solutions to the problem of evil. Mackie (1955), defines God as an omnipotent and omnibenevolent being, meaning God is all-knowing and all-good, and should be able to eliminate all evil from the world, and yet evil exists
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as to what happens in our lives. Free will, however, is also supposed to be our right. We should be able to choose what will happen if we make certain choices. So how is Gods omniscience compatible with the existence of free will? God has the foreknowledge to know what is going to happen to each and every one of us. He knows the events that will occur around the world that will affect our lives. This knowledge however does not constitute that we don’t have free will. If you look at individuals
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| | Some people believe that humans have the “free will” to choose their actions without being preordained to follow a certain course. What is free will and what determines it? For me, free will is the ability to make choices according to your desire. We choose our goals, values, beliefs, careers, friends, lovers, and moral position. Simply put, free will pertains to choices that we can influence, such as, “I could have lied to you.” Free will means that we are self-determined, not ultimately
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God’s Providence is an amazing thing but, it is challenging to grasp the fact that God controls all things in creation. A large number of Christians feel the same way about God’s Providence but there are a few branches of Christianity that do not share the same view. For an example the Arminians represent one branch of Christianity that believe differently then mainstream Christianity. The Arminians believe that God cannot know the future of what our lives will hold in store for us or what we as
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Critically consider arguments for free-will in psychology (30 marks) One argument for free-will comes from the psychological argument, which suggests that people have a subjective sense of free-will and all people are able to make their own free choices about their behaviour. Evidence for this comes from Dr. Johnson in the 18th Century who sustained the idea that ‘we know our will is free, and there’s an end on ‘t’. (A01) However, a counterargument towards the psychological argument is that
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“The two most important days in life is the day you are born and the day you discover why.” This quote is by Mark Twain. This quote means everyone that is born has a purpose. This quote is really similar to the philosophy Bono showed in his commencement speech, Because we can, We must, which he gave at Penn State University, in 2004. In the excerpt from Because We can, We Must, by Bono, he develops his philosophy that everyone should look for a cause that they are passionate about and fight
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Romeo and Juliet Fate or Free-Will Fate is defined as “a powerful force that is believed to control what happens in the future.” In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet we are able to see how the theme of fate is cleverly infiltrated through events and dialogue throughout the play. Fate is mainly evident through the actions of Lord Capulet’s Servingman, Friar John, the timing of Romeo and Juliet’s death, and how the Montague’s and Capulet’s feud and been put to rest due to the tragedy in their
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Free will Chapter 6 is about Free will and determinism. Nagel explains Free will is making your own choice and/or choosing something because you wanted to. He expresses it as an opportunity for you to choose either “A or B”. When you pick the preferred one, you could have chosen the other if you wanted to, but your Free will choose the one you wanted. He then explains that you may have Free will, but in reality it was already determined. Which is called determinism. Determinism is when the action
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What problems do you see in Kant’s attempt to reconcile determinism and free will? In the Critique of Pure Reason Kant presents the third antinomy in which he introduces a thesis and an antitheses. The thesis argues that a rational being’s actions are not contingent on previous causes according to the laws of nature, or more simply, that freedom exists. The antithesis to this proposes that rational beings can never be causal origins in themselves and that all actions are contingent upon previous
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