Review and criticism of the theory "Evil is one of the essentials of the existence of good" in solving the problem of evil

Subject Areas : Intellectual explorations

Yadollah rostami ¹

1 - Assistant professor department of philosophy, university of paym nor. Tehran. Iran

Received: 2023-09-10 Accepted : 2023-11-04 Published : 2023-11-22

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 The purpose of this article is to examine and criticize the famous theory "Evil is one of the essentials of the existence of good in the world" in response to the lasting doubt of the problem of evil. This point of view seeks to prove that there is no other way to achieve and realize good things in the world than to endure evil and pain and suffering, and this is how God made the world. One of the most important critics of this point of view is David Hume, who believes that God, who is omnipotent and purely benevolent and is the creator of the system and laws of nature, why did he not make it in such a way that good can be realized without evil or at least without great evil. According to this critique, God has not faced the work done so to speak. In other words, why does God use the means and purpose system that is specific to humans. It seems that David Hume did not consider the purity of God's benevolence and expediency

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