The view of evil human nature is important in Chinese and western cultures. The thesis chooses evil human in St. Augustine’s thoughts and Hsun Tzu’s thoughts to compare and analyze evil in these two. St. Augustine, who is called “the Saint of God”, views the definition of evil, the resource of it, and salvations of it from the aspect of religious beliefs. He considers that evil is the privation...

The age-old ploy of justifying the commission of atrocities by one group by citing examples of atrocities committed by another must be condemned. Evil deeds remain evil deeds, and evil and evil deeds beget evil deeds. Our only hope is to stop focusing on the bad and start focusing on the good. For conflicting ideologies to learn tolerance for each other, common moral ground must be found. What ...

The basic morality of theodicy is oft disputed. Classical theodicists defend the pursuit an intellectual solution to problem evil while anti-theodicists and practical argue that this distracts efforts from alleviating pain people suffer. In article, I draw on psychological studies show beliefs about God change how resilient are in their experience pain. light research, suggest actually a part r...

According to the free will defense, God cannot create a world with creatures, and hence moral goodness, without allowing for possibility of evil. David Lewis points out that any defense must address “playpen problem”: why didn’t allow creatures freedom required while intervening ensure all evil-doing is victimless? More recently, James Sterba has revived playpen problem by arguing an omnipotent...