The Logical Problem Of Evil and Why it Fails.
Let me share with you, why I changed my mind on the logical argument from evil. The prima facie argument against the existence of a classically defined perfect being (God) - an omnipotent, omniscient and morally perfect one - is the logical problem of evil. I think, that it is simply an unsound and weak argument against the claim that there is a perfect being. It can be stated (roughly) as follows; 1. If a perfect being exists, then no gratuitous evil - the evil whose elimination would not prevent any greater good, or allow any worse or equally bad evil - exists. - By definition. 2. There does exist gratuitous evil. - By Observation. 3. Therefore, there does not exist a perfect being. - Conclusion. The first premise of this argument is pretty straightforward and at first sight, uncontroversial. A perfect being's preference of preventing gratuitous evil follows by definition of what we mean by a perfect being. Perhaps, there might be some difficulty in explaining what are the...