Today Amos Wollen and I rank responses to the problem of evil. Do you agree with our rankings? Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid OUTLINE 0:00 Intro 1:08 Problem of evil 3:00 Free Will 12:50 Evil Proves God 16:47 Soul-building 38:15 Limited god 49:00 Skeptical theism 1:00:18 Omission theodicy 1:21:56 Neo-Cartesianism 1:25:44 Karmic theodicies 1:34:17 Premortal consent 1:46:45 Promise of a new past 1:59:15 Concluding comments RESOURCES (1) Amos's substack: https://substack.com/@amoswollen (2) Amos's PhilPapers profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/amos-wollen (3) Justin Mooney's 120-page bibliography on the problem of evil: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dprquqrzQxJsmOArxEoBDaMx15T9T--P8dagUqX6kQI/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.x1uym8fk8fq3 (4) My video with Justin Mooney on the problem of evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr4JBRuRE20 (5) Omission theodicy paper: https://philarchive.org/archive/CUTTOT (6) Climenhaga's paper on skeptical theism: https://philarchive.org/archive/CLIIWC (7) Psychonomic harmony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB9cNprDNWY (8) Sam Lebens on Brain in a Vat (@BraininaVat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apE-oBQUd-4 (9) Lebens and Goldschmidt, "The Promise of a New Past": https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/promise-of-a-new-past.pdf?c=phimp;idno=3521354.0017.018;format=pdf (10) Jordan's (@TheAnalyticChristian) Problem of Evil playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVH-ThCazKk0YOU-K-AWIphUjToiBBC6 THE USUAL... Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nda5uNcGselvKphtKSKvH Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! https://dsc.gg/majestyofreason My website: https://josephschmid.com My PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/joseph-schmid