Evil and
Revisio
Suffering – Full
Types
of Evil n
Topic
Key Ideas
• Moral evil: Caused
Sheet
by humans (murder,
genocide, slavery).
• Natural evil:
Caused by the
natural order
(earthquakes,
The distinction matters because the Free Will Defence
disease).
addresses moral evil more successfully than natural
evil.
Evaluation
• For many philosophers, natural evil is the decisive
challenge. It is not the direct result of human choice
and so cannot be explained by freedom.
Revisio
Suffering – Full
Types
of Evil n
Topic
Key Ideas
• Moral evil: Caused
Sheet
by humans (murder,
genocide, slavery).
• Natural evil:
Caused by the
natural order
(earthquakes,
The distinction matters because the Free Will Defence
disease).
addresses moral evil more successfully than natural
evil.
Evaluation
• For many philosophers, natural evil is the decisive
challenge. It is not the direct result of human choice
and so cannot be explained by freedom.
