Register for a free Closer To Truth membership to receive special exclusives like early access to new episodes and more: https://closertotruth.com/.
The Problem of Evil troubles believers, and well it should. The moral evil of human acts. The natural evil of nature. How could God be both all powerful and all good? Philosophers of religion offer ‘defenses’ (no logical contradiction between evil and God’s existence) and ‘theodicies’ (complete systems explaining why God allows evil). But do they work?
Contribute what you can to support the show and help Closer To Truth continue exploring life’s deepest questions: shorturl.at/OnyRq
Peter van Inwagen is an American analytic philosopher and the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a research professor of philosophy at Duke University each spring.
Follow Closer To Truth on Instagram for new videos, announcements, and more: https://shorturl.at/GO7sz
Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
source