T 2/24              McCloskey 328-345

 

1. What is the problem of evil, i.e., the supposed incompatibility between the existence of God and the existence of evil?

 

2. What is moral evil and what are the theistic justifications of it, including the free will defense?

 

3. What is physical (i.e., natural) evil and what are the theistic justifications of it?

 

                        Introduction 25-29; Unger 30-35

 

1. What is the “exotic contrast case” that Unger cites and what is it supposed to demonstrate about our ability to know anything about the external world?

 

2. How does Moore respond to cases like this?

 

3. What is Unger’s criticism of Moore, and how does he support it by citing ordinary cases of misbelieve?