Philosophy 450/650 / EP&E 478: The Problem of Evil Nov. 7 Introduce: the big idea of Bob in Self-Interest, and the Problem of “Existence, Evil,” Noûs, 1979 (follow-up: and the Problem of Evil,” Philosophia, 2006). “Love Key ideas: (defeat +) vague non-intervention + rugged autonomy + collectivism This life: a chance (an opportunity) to do things in the muck & mire Methodologically against: further mucky episodes would have been better for the person not to have been born” “It Idea for how to present the rugged autonomy approach: -start with simple, basic FWD -present expansions (morally relevant, morally charged: you know, playpen stuff) & the problems (without going deeply into cases) that motivate them -present new expansion, remarking how it can look like just one another expansion -then explain how it in fact uses evil in a very different way no mere side-effect – -then present the philosophical vs. ordinary uses of to drive home further “free”, just how easy mere (philosophically) free acceptance is Next meeting: a careful look at key parts of M. Adams’s paper, Evils “Horrendous and the Goodness of God.” Pay special attention to sections 3.2: “The Insufficiency of Global Defeat” (pp. 302-4); and then sections 3.1: the “Seeking Reasons Why” (pp. 300-301) and Part IV (pp. 304- 9). (So, to present it more simply: pp. 300-309.)
Philosophy 450/650 / EP&E 478: The Problem of Evil Nov. 7 Introduce: the big idea of Bob in “Existence, Self-Interest, and the Problem of Evil,” Noûs, 1979 (follow-up: “Love and the Problem of Evil,” Philosophia, 2006). Key ideas: (defeat +) vague non-intervention + rugged autonomy + collectivism This life: a chance (an opportunity) to do things in the muck & mire Methodologically against: further mucky episodes “It would have been better for the person not to have been born” Idea for how to present the rugged autonomy approach: -start with simple, basic FWD -present expansions (morally relevant, morally charged: you know, playpen stuff) & the problems (without going deeply into cases) that motivate them -present new expansion, remarking how it can look like just one another expansion -then explain how it in fact uses evil in a very different way – no mere side-effect -then present the philosophical vs. ordinary uses of “free”, to drive home further just how easy mere (philosophically) free acceptance is Next meeting: a careful look at key parts of M. Adams’s paper, “Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God.” Pay special attention to sections 3.2: “The Insufficiency of Global Defeat” (pp. 302-4); and then sections 3.1: “Seeking the Reasons Why” (pp. 300-301) and Part IV (pp. 304- 9). (So, to present it more simply: pp. 300-309.)
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