*If God is all-good and all-powerful, why is there horrendous evil?* Philosopher Peter van Inwagen examines skeptical theism—the idea that humans may be too limited to understand God’s reasons—and considers whether this view ultimately explains anything at all.
0:00 The Problem of Evil and Skeptical Theism
1:12 A Concrete Case and Moral Intuition
2:32 Whether Horrendous Evil Can Be Justified
3:53 The Limits of Human Understanding
5:24 Skepticism’s Reach Beyond Evil
6:39 Explaining Why There Is No Explanation
Peter van Inwagen is an American philosopher. He is the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and a research professor of philosophy at Duke University each spring.
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