SAINT LEO PHI110 RS Module 4 Content QUIZ 3

SAINT LEO PHI110 RS Module 4 Content QUIZ 3

1. Question : In “The Free Will Defense,” what is the main strategy Plantinga uses to respond to Mackie’s logical problem of evil?

Student Answer: He puts forward a theodicy.

He argues that God has a “dark side.”

He argues that the co-existence of God and evil is possible.

He argues that evil is an illusion.

Points Received: 5 of 5

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Question 2. Question : According to Plantinga’s “Free Will Defense”:

Student Answer: God could not knowingly have created a world in which some humans would engage in evil actions; therefore, there is no evil.

God could not knowingly have created a world in which every human would engage in evil actions; therefore, there had to be at least one perfect human, namely Jesus of Nazereth.

it is possible that there is in fact no possible world God could have actualized in which a) human beings are free and b) there is no evil.

it is logically demonstrable that there is no possible world in which a) a good and omnipotent God created free human beings and b) there is evil.

Points Received: 5 of 5

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Question 3. Question : Which of the following is NOT a view maintained by Row in the context of formulating the inductive argument from evil?

Student Answer: There are probably genuinely pointless evils.

Theism entails that God is omnipotent and omnibenevolent.

If theism is true, then there should be no genuinely pointless evils.

Theism entails that God is either not omniscient or not omnibenevolent.

Points Received: 5 of 5

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Question 4. Question : Rowe’s inductive argument from evil, if sound, proves that:

Student Answer: classical theism is probably false.

pantheism is probably false.

deism is probably false.

process theism is probably false.

Points Received: 5 of 5

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Question 5. Question : With which of the following statements would Hick most likely agree?

Student Answer: It would have been best for God to place human beings in an environment in which no evils exist.

It would have been best had God not allowed humans to freely choose to engage in evil behavior.

God allows humans to exist in a world full of horrendous evils, but he should have created a world with a smaller amount of evil in it.

Because some amount of suffering can actually make a person better, God allows humans to exist in a world full of horrendous evils.

Points Received: 5 of 5

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Question 6. Question : According to John Hick’s soul-making theodicy:

Student Answer: God does not allow genuinely pointless evils to take place, namely because he does not allow any evil at all to take place.

God does not allow genuinely pointless evils to take place; rather, evil serves the purpose of helping individuals transform into the likeness of God.

God allows genuinely pointless evils to take place because he is not fully omnipotent.

human beings are free to develop into “perfect” souls, but only if God does not exist.

Points Received: 5 of 5

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