Philosophy / Unit 3 Philosophy 0138 worked example, 60 to 90 seconds
Testing a Theodicy
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The idea
Testing a theodicy: checking a proposed justification for evil against the hardest available cases, counterexample-style.
In practice
The candidate: the soul-making theodicy—hardship exists to build character.
Where people slip
A theodicy tested only against easy cases has not been tested.
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