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David Hume on the All-Package God: This 6-page essay examines Hume’s precepts germane to the problem of evil. In addition, how Nelson Pike and Alvin Plantiga view his charge that the existence of an all-package God and evil are logically incompatible is also explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources. SNHumewd.doc
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Research Compiled By Susan A. Nelson - August 2001 paper properly! The
nature of evil is a topic that has long beleaguered Man, and consequently a plethora of philosophers, theologians and other experts in related fields of study have taken their own
proverbial stab at defining the somewhat indefinable. One such attempt was undertaken by David Hume in his critically acclaimed Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. This essay examines his precepts
germane to the problem of evil and how Nelson Pike and Alvin Plantiga address his charge that the existence of an all-package God and evil are logically incompatible.
By all accounts Humes 18th century dialogues are a dramatic exploration of the nature and attributes of God, and of how much Man can know about them. While not explicitly
atheistic, the overriding conclusion is extreme skepticism about Mans ability to know God. Moreover, Humes refutations of the argument from design and the cosmological argument have never been answered, and
so these dialogues are still of interest to anyone fascinated by theology or metaphysics today. Hume raised arguments not only against the design argument, but also against most
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argument because it implied that the design of the
cosmos and hence, its designer were flawed. He asserted that we can know of these inherent flaws through the preponderance of evil within the cosmos (Hume and See
Also Perry and Bratman). Having considered only Gods natural attributes, Hume raised the question of Gods moral attributes via what is traditionally called
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