POG FINAL WEEK 9-11 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
What is the central question John Hick addresses? - ✔✔How belief in an all-
good, all-powerful God can be rational despite the existence of evil.
What kind of response to evil does Hick offer? - ✔✔A theodicy that explains
why God allows evil.
What is Hick's key concept for explaining evil? - ✔✔The soul-making theodicy.
According to Hick, what is God's purpose in creating humans? - ✔✔To develop
morally mature persons rather than immediately happy beings.
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
,Why does Hick think evil is necessary? - ✔✔Because moral growth requires
struggle, freedom, and real challenges.
What virtues does Hick think cannot exist without suffering? - ✔✔Courage,
compassion, perseverance, and responsibility.
Which traditional view of evil does Hick reject? - ✔✔Augustine's view that
humans were created morally perfect and fell into evil.
Which alternative tradition does Hick align with? - ✔✔The Irenaean view that
humans were created unfinished.
What is "epistemic distance" in Hick's view? - ✔✔God remains partially hidden
so that faith and moral growth are free.
Why would a world with an obvious God undermine soul-making? -
✔✔Because moral choices would be coerced rather than freely chosen.
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
, Does Hick deny that evil exists? - ✔✔No, he argues that evil serves a greater
moral purpose.
If a question mentions "soul-making" or "epistemic distance," who is the
author? - ✔✔John Hick.
What kind of problem of evil does Rowe defend? - ✔✔The evidential problem
of evil.
How does the evidential problem of evil differ from the logical problem? - ✔✔It
argues that God's existence is unlikely, not logically impossible.
What is Rowe's key concept in arguing against God's existence? - ✔✔Gratuitous
evil.
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
100% CORRECT ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
What is the central question John Hick addresses? - ✔✔How belief in an all-
good, all-powerful God can be rational despite the existence of evil.
What kind of response to evil does Hick offer? - ✔✔A theodicy that explains
why God allows evil.
What is Hick's key concept for explaining evil? - ✔✔The soul-making theodicy.
According to Hick, what is God's purpose in creating humans? - ✔✔To develop
morally mature persons rather than immediately happy beings.
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
,Why does Hick think evil is necessary? - ✔✔Because moral growth requires
struggle, freedom, and real challenges.
What virtues does Hick think cannot exist without suffering? - ✔✔Courage,
compassion, perseverance, and responsibility.
Which traditional view of evil does Hick reject? - ✔✔Augustine's view that
humans were created morally perfect and fell into evil.
Which alternative tradition does Hick align with? - ✔✔The Irenaean view that
humans were created unfinished.
What is "epistemic distance" in Hick's view? - ✔✔God remains partially hidden
so that faith and moral growth are free.
Why would a world with an obvious God undermine soul-making? -
✔✔Because moral choices would be coerced rather than freely chosen.
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
, Does Hick deny that evil exists? - ✔✔No, he argues that evil serves a greater
moral purpose.
If a question mentions "soul-making" or "epistemic distance," who is the
author? - ✔✔John Hick.
What kind of problem of evil does Rowe defend? - ✔✔The evidential problem
of evil.
How does the evidential problem of evil differ from the logical problem? - ✔✔It
argues that God's existence is unlikely, not logically impossible.
What is Rowe's key concept in arguing against God's existence? - ✔✔Gratuitous
evil.
©morren 2025/2026. Year published 2026.
