Philosophy and Pop Culture

The Problem of Moral Evil (Parts 2-4)

We're speeding up the release schedule for our archived podcasts, so we're releasing the final 3 episodes of The Problem of Moral Evil.

If you haven't heard Episode 1, you can find it here. Episode 1 also gives an overview of the problem.

Here are Episodes 2-4 for your listening pleasure!

 

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The Problem of Moral Evil (Part 1)

This is the first of four episodes where KJ and Jay tackle the Problem of Moral Evil.

Moral evil is generally referred to as something like 'bad things that occur because of the actions of moral agents (i.e. human beings).'

If you're not familiar, here's the short version of the problem:

1. If God is all-powerful, he can prevent moral evil.

2. If God is all-knowing, he knows how to prevent moral evil.

3. If God is all-loving, he wants to prevent moral evil.

4. Evil exists.

It doesn't seem like all four statements can all be true at the same time. (4) looks uncontroversial. (1-3) look pretty unpalatable for traditional theists. So what's a theist to do? How does someone reconcile these?

We look at some possible solutions in this four part series.