Philosophy A-Level
Theodicy and the Challenge of Evil
What Theodicy and the Challenge of Evil means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Theodicy and the Challenge of Evil
The critical evaluation of whether the existence of suffering is logically or evidentially compatible with the traditional divine attributes of omnipotence and omnibenevolence.
Topics that use Theodicy and the Challenge of Evil
- Metaphysics of God (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- A Priori vs A Posteriori Proofs
- Cognitivism vs. Non-cognitivism
- Rationalism vs Empiricism
- The Coherence of the Divine Attributes
- The Falsification Debate
- The Nature of Necessity
- The Verification Principle
- Theodicy and the Problem of Evil
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