Diego Luna Philosophy 192 Dr. Gallo 22 May‚ 2015 The Problem of Evil The problem of evil may be described as a theory or conclusion that there is no God of the universe. Although the teleological argument can prove the existence of any God‚ the problem of evil simply states that if there was a God who was a “Perfect Being” then there should be no evil in the universe. According to the power point of the problem of evil‚ it says if God was a “Perfect Being‚” that means he would be omniscient‚ omnipotent
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Is there a real world? If so‚ is it as it appears? For centuries‚ philosophers have debated whether or not the real world truly exists. Nearly all philosophers can agree that there is an objective reality and a subjective reality. The objective reality can be defined as anything that exists independently of any conscious awareness of it; it is uninterrupted‚ unchanging‚ and the same. Contrastingly‚ the subjective reality then relies on some conscious awareness of it to exist; it is interrupted‚
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but that the universe can be what is called a necessary being (one which exists of its own nature and have no external cause). This was a suggestion of David Hume who demanded‚ "Why may not the material universe be the neccesarily existent being?" (Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion‚ part 9). The Kalam Cosmological Argument is helpful. If Hume (and other atheists) is right in saying that the universe is a necessary being/thing‚ then this implies that the universe is eternal. This is exactly what
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Reading Questions for Phil 413.900‚ Spring 2009 (Daniel) Questions on Descartes’ Meditations I & II (Jan. 22) 1. For Descartes‚ why can’t knowledge gained through sense experience be trusted as the basis of knowledge? 2. How are the doubts raised by our experience of dreaming different from‚ and more profound than‚ doubts raised about errors in sense experience? 3. How is the evil genius argument intended to be broader in scope than either the arguments about doubting sense experience or dreaming
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What Justifies the State? The state‚ as the textbook refers to‚ "is the highest authority in a society‚ with a legal power to define the public interest and enforce its definition." The state is comprised of the governing institutions‚ politicians‚ and the legal system. They have authority over its citizens in executing legislature‚ applying taxes‚ and‚ if necessary‚ provide additional services for the state. The power of the state is justified by the people who allow the state to have the necessary
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Outline the cosmological argument for the existence of God (21) The Cosmological argument is an argument that attempts to prove the existence of God‚ it is also known as the causation argument which argues that as all events require a cause‚ if the universe is an event it must have a cause and that cause is God. The argument is a posteriori because its based on evidence that already exists in the universe. The cosmological argument is also inductive because the conclusion is what
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STUDY GUIDE SECOND PHI 101 When: Thursday‚ the 31st Day of October‚ 2013‚ 3:00pm – 4:15pm Where: The same location our class normally meets What to bring: Your ASU Student ID‚ for when you hand in your exam & A Scan-tron form (bubble-in forms) available at the bookstore Do not bring an exam book. TWO number 2 pencils for filling in the scantron form & A blue or black ink pen (optional – pencil ok)‚ for your exam book. If you bring extras for your peers‚ they will be supremely
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existence‚ and moral responsibility. And these will be the five personalities that will be the content of this discussion based on their own understanding of the problem of evil and suffering: David Hume‚ Gottfried Liebniz‚ Fyodor Dostoevsky‚ John Hick‚ and Alvin Plantiga. First‚ let me discuss David Hume. He was an influential Scottish philosopher of the 18th century who addressed the problem of evil and suffering in his writings on philosophy and religion. According to the reporting of Mathew Naling
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Science goes along way back into the history of the universe. The current most popular theory of the origin of the universe is the big band theory. But all this leaves the question‚ what caused the big bang? Science cannot yet explain this making it open to religious speculation. This is the basis of the cosmological argument. The cosmological argument proves the existence of god from the idea that there is a first cause of the universe. Aquinas version of the cosmological argument try?s to prove
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Sidra M Kant’s moral theory Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher from Kaliningrad‚ Russia who researched‚ lectured and wrote on philosophy and anthropology during the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century. According to Kant‚ human beings occupy a special place in creation‚ and morality can be summed up in one ultimate commandment of reason‚ or imperative‚ from which all duties and obligations derive. He defined an imperative as any proposition
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