Problem of Evil OCR Philosophy and Ethics A-Level

Omnipotent all-powerful Omniscient all-knowing 00:03 01:26 Omnibenevolent All loving Inconsistent Triad the omnibenevolence and omnipotence of God, and the existence of evil in the world, are said to be mutually incompatible Theodicy an attempt to justify God in the face of evil in the world Natural Evil evil and suffering caused by non-human agencies e.g. natural disasters. Moral Evil evil and the suffering caused by human misuse of free will. Privatio Boni a phrase used by Augustine to mean an absence of goodness Free Will the ability to make independent choices between real options. Epistemic Distance A distance in knowledge and understanding. The idea that God makes his existence necessarily doubtful.