RE GCSE Good and Evil

Who addressed the logical problem of evil through the Inconsistent Triad?

• Mackie
• Augustine

What is a 'theodicy'?

• Literally means 'to justify God'
• Literally means 'to defend God

What is the original sin?

• The Fall of Adam and Eve
• God's condemnation of humanity.

Moral evil is

• evil acts created by human choice
• evil acts caused by natural causes

natural evil is

• evil acts caused by human choice
• Natural events that have bad or evil consequences for humans

what is a theodicy

• a philosophical attempt to be evil
• a philosophical attempt to solve the problem of evil
• a theory of the odyssey
• a way to explain free will

why is evil a problem for the existence of God?

• evil shows god as loving and powerful
• Evil means god is great
• God and free will means it can exist
• an all loving and powerful god could not let evil exist

how did Augustine solve the problem of evil

• no god
• epistemic distance
• privation
• punishment

Privation is

• a lack of goodness
• a private moment
• a lack of evil
• a lacking in light

which is Augustine's quote

• the substance is evil
• evil is not a substance
• evil is the best substance
• goodness is real