Statistics for free will defence

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Mackie creates how many orders of good and evils?	3	100%
God cannot eliminate?	all pain and suffering	100%
who refuted jl mackie's defence?	alvin plantinga	100%
in order to disprove Mackie, he must prove that it is logically impossible that God could have created humans to?	always freely chose good	100%
who was an ?	atheist	100%
in order to?	bring about a greater good	100%
(2)	compassion	100%
god has given up what?	control over human actions	100%
so we develop good qualities like? (1)	courage	100%
we must be placed in situations that require us to make?	decisions	100%
however, this alone is not enough to allow us to?	develop	100%
natural evil could also help?	develop second order good	100%
what was he originally attempting to do to the free will defence?	disprove it	100%
the second being that we can?	exacerbate their misery	100%
for example, someone who has been broken up with is experiencing?	first order evil	100%
for example, someone reading a particularly good book is in a state of?	first order good	100%
if we knew God existed, we would never be?	free	100%
the third order good is?	freedom	100%
so God could have created humans to exclusively make?	free good choices	100%
by giving up control, what has God given humans?	free will	100%
those who defend free will have 2 things to prove, that is is not possible to have?	free will and not moral evil	100%
he must also provide a logically possible reason as to why?	god allows evil	100%
but his original defence provides the clearest example of how?	god could co exist with evil	100%
so Mackie's conclusion from this is that?	god does not exist	100%
and do what out of choice?	good deeds	100%
he argues there is no possible world where God could have created humans to always make?	good free choices	100%
as it allows us to choose between second order ?	good or evil	100%
such as? (1)	greed	100%
(2)	happiness	100%
however, Mackie condemns this argument as?	incoherent	100%
but, God did not, so either God?	is not omnipotent	100%
who presents one of the best examples of the free will defence?	JL Mackie	100%
god is therefore ---- in putting evil in the universe?	justified	100%
this reason does not have to be true, only ?	logically possible	100%
so it teaches us to?	love the good	100%
because he says it is logically possible for a person to ?	make only good choices	100%
seocnd order evils exist to?	maximise first order evil and minimise first order good	100%
second order goods exist to?	maximise first order good and minimise first order evil	100%
(2)	mean	100%
(2)	misery	100%
so they can develop as?	moral agents	100%
the price of free will is therefore the existence of?	moral evil	100%
as it teaches us to be?	morally responsible	100%
Plantinga claims God allows evil to exists for two?	morally sufficient reasons	100%
so in order to be free to choose, there must be?	multiple options	100%
the second explains?	natural evil	100%
but while pain can cause us to develop good qualities, we could also develop?	negetive qualities	100%
or is not?	omnibenevolent	100%
maximising good or evil is therefore ?	our choice	100%
forcing someone to chose freely is an?	oxymoron	100%
first order evils include? (1)	pain	100%
(3)	patience	100%
first order goods include? (1)	pleasure	100%
we can similarly reduce or increase someone's happiness that came from their first order good with our?	reaction	100%
if we come across someone in the state of first order evil, two reactions are open to us, the first being that we can ?	reduce their misery	100%
he constructs his defence, and then does what to it?	rejects it	100%
and envy, jealousy, greed etc. are?	second order evils	100%
therefore, kindness, love, generosity etc. are?	second order goods	100%
(2)	selfishness	100%
by being? (1)	spiteful	100%
pain is the?	stimulus for development	100%
so this is why ---- exists?	suffering	100%
by being ? (1)	sympathetic	100%
and are responsible for?	their own actions	100%
what can humans therefore make?	their own decisions	100%
the first explains?	the logical problem of evil	100%
in his sarcastically titled book?	the miracle of theism	100%
Mackie's main reason for thinking God does not exist is?	the problem of evil	100%
MSR1 - he argues that free will has?	tremendous value	100%
(2)	understanding	100%
as genuine free will includes the permission, opportunity and ability to commit?	unspeakable acts of evil	100%
and that the results of having free will are?	worth the price	100%
which caused ---- deaths	300 000	0%
without freedom there is no?	achievement	0%
Plantinga's MSR2 is that God allowed natural evil to enter the world because of?	adam and eve	0%
for example, we can try to avoid?	building in flood zones	0%
this is the view that ----- is false	casual determinism	0%
PW1- god creates people people with morally significant free will, and does not?	casually determine right and wrong	0%
may allow people to send aid and become more?	charitable	0%
God could have?	created	0%
meaning that although some aspects of human existence are?	determined by science	0%
in?	every situation	0%
weakness- has no response to the ?	evidential problem of evil	0%
as a result, there is?	evil and suffering	0%
who uses the example of a ?	fawn	0%
can the FWD account for natural evil? it is caused by the?	forces of nature	0%
caught in a ?	forest fire	0%
and enables humans to?	form meaningful connections	0%
so we can make choices that are?	genuinely free	0%
as many people suffer as a result of natural evil for example, the 2010?	haitian earthquake	0%
as it people are morally responsible for their decisions and can be?	held accountable	0%
strength- natural evils bring about second order good, which are seen as?	higher goods	0%
since it is not caused by?	human free will	0%
not by?	humans	0%
for the greater good of?	immunisation	0%
weakness - it relies on a ------ of free will	libertarian account	0%
In MSR1, Plantinga assumes the view of free will known as?	libertarianism	0%
weaknesses- although it is --- does not make it -----	logically coherent true	0%
meaning this world is?	logically impossible	0%
PW3- god creates people with free will god casually determines right and wrong there is no evil and suffering these statements are?	logically incompatible	0%
however, Plantinga does not have to provide a true explanation, only a?	logically possible one	0%
most philosophers view this as?	ludicrous	0%
humans nevertheless have a degree of free will, so can be held?	morally responsible for their actions	0%
libertarian free will is ?	morally significant	0%
this world is logically possible, but the people are?	moral robots	0%
strength - establishes key principle, that a world with free creatures is?	more valuable	0%
strengths of the free will defence Plantinga successfully refutes Mackie as ---- are logically possible	MSR1 and MSR2	0%
which is viewed widely as a?	mythological narrative	0%
therefore there is?	no evil and suffering	0%
so the free will defence is ----- as Mackie claimed	not incoherent	0%
but it will not stop them?	occurring	0%
as even an?	omnipotent being cant do the logically impossible	0%
this problem is made worse because of God's?	omniscience	0%
as our actions would always be aiming to?	please God	0%
which is concerned with?	pointless evil	0%
Plantinga constructs 3?	possible worlds	0%
however this account cannot be?	proved	0%
however, the FWD can to some extent account for natural evil god cannot stop all natural disasters, at is would?	prove he exists	0%
strength - plantinga is right that	pw3 is impossible	0%
and no ?	real happiness	0%
MSR2- Plantinga also must provide a?	reason for natural evil	0%
God determines?	right and wrong	0%
as punishment for their?	sin	0%
therefore Plantinga is ---- in refuting Mackie's claim that the free will defence is incoherent	successful	0%
without also eliminating?	the greater good of free will	0%
this world is logically possible, as it is ?	the one we live in	0%
what is the example give in a modern context?	the pain of a vaccine	0%
as it relies on the biblical story being?	true	0%
a well known example of this is given by the philosopher?	william rowe	0%
PW2- god creates people?	without free will	0%
than a world?	without them	0%