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dostoevsky.jpg (2655 bytes)Philosophy 102:  Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry
Ethics and Philosophical Ethic
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ETHICS TEST CONTENTS

Fyodor Dostoevsky, "Yes, A Good God Doesn't Permit
Suffering."

1. __________Dostoevsky believes that the most difficult test for a theodicy is to explain how God can allow innocent children to suffer.


2. __________Dostoevsky believes the problem of evil can be answered by believing in a higher harmony of God's plan that we do not understand.


3. __________Dostoevsky believes that God must allow some evil for the sake of the overall good of the world.


4. __________Ultimately, Dostoevsky believes the problem of evil is an unanswerable problem for man.


5. __________Some people believe that evil exists in the world because others must pay for the sins of our fathers.


6. __________Ivan does not believe that moral evil can be accounted for by the belief that we must pay for the sins of our fathers.


7. __________Dostoevsky does not consider in this essay the problem of nonmoral evil.


8. __________No major philosophic position holds that God is responsible for the evil in this world.


9. __________Dostoevsky believes ultimately that evil is an illusion and cannot exist in reality.


10. __________Ivan illustrates the point that there is unjustified evil in the world by citing the case of a small boy torn to pieces by the general's hounds.

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