Ethics is the branch of Philosophy that studies the science and art of humanistic perspective based on the tenets of reason and belief system. It deal with values and morals of human behaviour, such as right, good and duty (Mintz, 2012). Since ethics deals with good, moral and human behaviour, it relates to the virtues of religion which endorses morality and existence of life. This relation indicates the extreme connection between religion and ethics which argues revelation with reasons (Donahue
Andrea Weisberger argues that evil is not actually necessary for long and short term good and does not justify all evil. She claims that it does not explain all its facets, such as the intensity of evil, that it is not actually necessary and that there is an uncertainty about if good is its outcome or not. I stand strong with Weisberger but there are more efficient ways of arguing the point that evil is not necessary. I will touch on short term good but mostly focus on long term since many evil events
This letter to the editor is related to Mackie’s Evil and Omnipotence. The author is agreeing with Mackie’s point of view. He is saying that God cannot possibly exist because evil exists. His argument is very persuasive even though he gives very little evidence to prove that God does not exist other than the fact that there is evil in the universe. He basically says that God does not exist since evil exists and he thinks that everyone has to agree with him. Although his argument is persuasive some
lie about it, and again, such fights happen in both countries). Have I mentioned that Ghana consist of the most devout Christians community I have ever seen? Well, for this particular reason, I like Ghana. I like religious people regardless what religion. I am not a life guru to speak about what life is in general. But based on my experience of travelling and meeting people, those who are religious (or honestly believe in the existence of God), are
“decline of the community” and society on religion and religious entities and how secularisation is linked to these changes. Due to a secularising society churches have to change if they are to sustain some of their power over society. All of these points are tested against the Irish case in order to show how the concept of secularisation is a continuous topic in sociology. Secularisation is a process of social change through which the public influence of religion and religious
God allows imperfections because if God is all-powerful, all loving and supreme being, then why does He allow imperfections, problems and sins in his own creation? First of all, it is possible that God has reasons for allowing imperfections to exist that we simply cannot understand. In this the Christian can have confidence in God, knowing that His ways are above our ways. As the Bible says, the just shall live by faith. God may be letting problems, and sins, its course in order to prove that evil
In this paper, I will examine how the presence of evil makes it unreasonable to believe in the existence of God by using arguments and propositions presented in Mackie`s ``Evil and Omnipotence`` and Van Inwagen`s ``The problem of Evil, Air and Silence``. Mackie`s paper examines various fallacious solutions presented by the theists against his presented problem of evil and he also, explains the validity of his position as a friendly atheist. On the other hand, Van Inwagen paper explains that there
In John Perry’s Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God, the characters Sam Miller and Gretchen Weirob debate the problem of evil and God’s existence. Miller attempts to convince Weirob that God’s existence is consistent with the existence of evil by using the principle of the free will theodicy. A free will theodicy is a response to the Argument from Evil, in which the Argument holds that God does not exist because evil exists in the world, and if evil exists in the world, then God does
The problem of evil has been used by atheists to undermine religion for decades. The idea that a just god could not possibly exist within a world that is plagued with so much pain and suffering constantly haunts skeptical believers. In the Brothers Karamazov Russian author, Fyodor Dostoevsky, conveys this paradox of a benevolent god with an unjust world by first doubting god’s existence, then following up with what he feels to be an adequate response.Through this excerpt of The Brothers Karamazov
Van Inwagen and the Problem of Evil The problem of evil is a concept that is often heard of in this current century. Many movies depict the battle between what is good and what is evil (Symbols of them), and many church’s preach the word of God in order to combat the evil in the world. Yet, the question often still arises that says: Why is there evil in the world? In his essay, Peter Van Inwagen discusses this topic as well as the objections that arise. In Van Inwagen’s paper, the problem of evil