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The Problem Of Evil

Jimmy Thomas
Phil 50
Paper #1
4/4/06
The Problem of Evil
Everyday at least some kind of act happens where someone dies, where someone is killed. Anyone can read the newspaper or watch the news and find suicide bombings or mass murders that happened that day. Many have tried to understand the evil of this world and make sense of it, but the doctrine of evil is one of the most debated areas of philosophy. Many have come up with their own doctrines but only one doctrine of evil, by Augustine, remains the main source of understanding evil and where it comes from.
Augustine's doctrine of evil is certainly among the more debated areas of philosophy. In this paper we will examine Augustine's arguments on the idea of evil and determine whether or not they are still satisfying in the modern world. We do this first by examining what Augustine believed evil actually was and where it came from. After we review Augustine's views on evil, we will consider arguments that claim Augustine's......


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