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    Evil Instincts by Sasha-Li Chinloy EVIL INSTINCTS The world is composed of both good and evil. However‚ it seems that the evil component prevails over the good component. The media is bombarded with headlines such as those dealing with the Montreal Massacre‚ the Paul Bernado/ Carla Hamolka saga and the Columbine Shooting. This evil can be traced beyond the headlines to the root of the problem. The root of the problem is the darkness of human nature. The darkness of human nature is shown

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    Moral Evil Research Paper

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    The Problem of Evil In this paper‚ I am going to use the free will defense to prove that the problem of evil is failed. Free will defense can explain all moral evils (moral suffering) and most of the natural evils. The problem of evils argues that if God is omnipotent‚ omnibenevolent and omniscient‚ then evil should not exist in the world. This argument claims that suffering exists in the world‚ such as war‚ famine‚ plague and so on. Also‚ this argument doubts the existence of God‚ and atheists come

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    Evil Vs Free Will Essay

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    Evil has always questioned the existence of a god. If god is almighty and powerful why does he allow evil things to happen? The question of whether there truly is a god has risen. If there would be a god would things always be good even though nothing would be considered to be right because people wouldn’t know of the word evil? If God were to be all powerful wouldn’t a god be able to do something about all of the evil happenings all over the world? Even if god truly exist and was morally perfect

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    Why Does Evil Exist

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    struggles and problems in our lives. Most of the people ask why evil happens to someone‚ either ourselves‚ our family‚ our friends‚ and our nation. Why there are crimes? Why there are disturbing instance in the news like child-raped‚ terrorist bombing and other alarming activities? And the most important question here is‚ why evil exists? As defined by Alvin Plantinga‚ theodicy is the "answer to the question of why God permits evil". Evil is generally considered to include both moral evil‚ acts done

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    Shakespeare’s "Macbeth"‚ we see a lot of evil; we see evil people and we see evil acts. We can see that - almost - everyone has an evil desire within them. However‚ only a really evil person acts on that impulse and commits something morally wrong. An evil deed doesn’t necessarily mean an evil soul; Lady Macbeth was not naturally evil. Before her and her husband came to the conclusion of killing‚ they had their doubts. How can someone be pure evil‚ if they doubt the evil that they want to commit? Lady Macbeth’s

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    Good vs. Evil in Batman

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    Good and Evil Essay 9/29/12 Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a reflection of how the good responds to the nature of evil. The Joker is the ultimate evil character and throughout the film he puts other characters in a tough situations that force them to choose between right and wrong and ultimately good and evil. Examples of this are seen with the characters Harvey Dent‚ Batman‚ and in the lifeboat scenario scene. The Joker’s main goal is to prove that people are truly evil deep down

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    Evil‚ depraved‚ corrupt and malicious are all words that describe something that is morally wrong or bad. "Macbeth" by Shakespeare and "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding both display how man’s sinful nature can be revealed through thoughts and actions. The underlying evil within man is the most prominent theme of both play and novel. The authors show their belief that if everybody revealed their true natures‚ the world would tear itself apart. At first‚ Macbeth was an innocent person who gradually

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    (i) Outline two solutions to the problem of evil (21 marks) The problem is how do we reconcile an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God with the existence of evil and suffering in the world? The God of classical theism should be willing and able to remove evil and suffering. However‚ evil exists. This kind of solution is called a theodicy. A theodicy does not deny the existence of moral and natural evil‚ it proposes that there are good reasons why God does not intervene when conceivably he could or

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    Theodicy Vs Moral Evil

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    doing and what evil is being done that He allows to occur? Theodicy‚ or the problem of evil is what raises many eyebrows and how one defines theodicy. Theodicy is the attempt to prove the existence of God. Its first know use is dated back to 1797. According to Michael Coren‚ a truly good God would make it easier‚ inevitable‚ and unavoidable for all to follow and find our way to heaven. Even though the existence of moral evil is not consistent with the existence of God. God allows evil to exist because

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    Social Problems

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    Checkpoint: Social Problems HSM/240 11/02/2012 Social problems are defined as societal induced conditions that harm any segment of the population. Social problems are also related to acts and conditions that violate the norms and values found in society. They are any condition that affects the quality of life for an individual or society as a whole; social problems are defined by history‚ cultural values‚ cultural universals‚ and awareness. Examples of social problems would be unemployment

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