D. Z. Phillips'de kötülük problemi

Abstract

By the problem of evil, philosophers mean, roughly, the question of whether the suffering, immorality, ignorance, and other evils in our world are strong evidence against theism. One of those philosophers is D. Z. Phillips. Phillips claims that the entire enterprise for the solution of the problem is in vain. Hence, what needs to be done is to put theodicies aside, and thereby come to see the sense in which God is said to beyond human understanding. According to him, theism is not a philosophical theory. If it is seen as a philosophical theory, the conflict between the existence of evil and the presence of God who is both omnipotent and wholly good is inevitable. He argues for the idea that thinkers who defend the opposite ignore reality.