Philosophy: Chapters 13 and 14

Which is the best explanation of the problem of suffering?

• Why do evil people hurt other people?

• What makes someone become evil?

• If there is a God, why does it allow suffering?

• If there is a God, why is there an afterlife?

Which would J. L. Mackie most likely say?

• Religion provides us answers for difficult questions.

• There is no logical argument for religion.

• We should accept suffering as a consequence of freedom.

• Suffering proves that God must be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good .

What is Augustine's argument for the coexistence of God and suffering?

• We suffer in this life to prepare us for a good eternal afterlife.

• We suffer because god gave us the freedom to make our own choices.

• We suffer to prove our devotion to god

• We suffer because god does not have the complete power to control everything.

Agnostics:

• believe in god(s)

• believe there is no god

• believe that we can never know for sure if god exists

Theists:

• believe in god(s)

• believe there is no god

• believe that we can never know for sure if god exists

Your _______ is what you really are deep down inside. Your _______ is what you do throughout your life.

• essence; existence

• existence; essence

• subjective value; objective value

• objective value; subjective value

Who would say: The defining characteristic of human existence is free choice. First, we exist. Then, we determine who we are.

• Thomas Aquinas

• Jean-Paul Satre

• Nihilists

If I believe that life has no meaning whatsoever, then I most likely believe:

• that life has objective value

• that life has subjective value

• in nihilism