- The existence of a perfect being does not entail the existence of horrendous, morally intolerable, gratuitous evil.
- If it is possible that there is a perfect being, then there is a perfect being. (By S5 and as a perfect being exists necessarily and is essentially perfect.)
- So, possibly there is a perfect being. (By (1), since an impossibility entails every proposition)
- So, there is a perfect being. (By (2) and (3))
3 comments:
What is the impossibility in (1)? (1) just says that G does not entail E, as far as I can tell.
Of course you could run this argument in reverse just as easily, beginning with (1) It is not true that the nonexistence of a perfect being entails the world is maximally good.
Rick:
Fair enough.
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