Today Dr. Justin Mooney gives a comprehensive survey of the problem of evil. 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 2:50 Presentation begins 3:52 What is the problem of evil? 10:09 Main topics in the literature 12:00 Kinds of inference 13:07 Logical arguments from evil 22:36 Evidential arguments from evil 35:47 Kinds of evil 54:18 Other arguments from evil 1:03:44 Theodicies and defenses 1:06:50 Conditions for a successful theodicy 1:14:44 Free will theodicies 1:33:26 Soul-making theodicies 1:39:46 Karma and rebirth theodicies 1:49:27 Global value theodicies 1:53:27 Other theodicies 1:59:15 Epistemic defenses 1:59:57 Skeptical theism 2:11:56 The anomaly defense 2:19:41 Appealing to counter-evidence 2:26:59 Meta-Theodicy 2:27:26 Constraints on successful theodicy 2:35:40 Gratuitous evil compatible with theism? 2:38:37 Sufferer-centered theodicies 2:41:05 Other topics in meta-theodicy 2:43:07 Recommended resources 2:44:54 Concluding remarks RESOURCES (1) Justin's website: https://www.justinmooney.net/ (2) Justin's 120-page bibliography on the problem of evil: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dprquqrzQxJsmOArxEoBDaMx15T9T--P8dagUqX6kQI/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.x1uym8fk8fq3 (3) My video with Dr. Perry Hendricks on skeptical theism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDqi5U44f7E (4) Poston, "Social evil": http://tedposton.org/Documents/Socialevil.pdf (5) Crummett, “The problem of evil and the suffering of creeping things": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11153-017-9619-0 (6) My Problem of Evil playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY98E3QMwBvHcYqWtIhizko (7) Jordan's (@TheAnalyticChristian) Problem of Evil playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVH-ThCazKk0YOU-K-AWIphUjToiBBC6 (8) Other versions of the problem of evil (and links to papers) can be found in Dr. Felipe Leon's list of 200 (or so) arguments for atheism: https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html (9) VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED: The unspeakable atrocities of unit 731: https://youtu.be/xLcNvGaSvCo?si=BNWdz0VXLcNd4TGL (10) VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED: The horrors inflicted on Junko Furuta: https://youtu.be/YGSN2MTmzDQ?si=xi_2NObfCkYNOkCk (11) My Springer book: (a) https://www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2 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