Assertion: evil | /r/HasProperty | necessary
Facets:
value: in order to achieve greater goods
type: PURPOSE
value: absolutely
type: DEGREE
value: as a means
type: MANNER
value: as a counterpart to good
type: MANNER
value: logically
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: But if an evil is necessary because it secures a greater good, then it appears we humans have no duty to prevent it, for in doing so
text: Leibniz therefore claims that the evil that God permits is a necessary consequence of God's fulfilling his duty (namely, to create the best world).
text: 2.2.4 Evil is necessary for free will
text: evil is a necessary part of free will.
text: Augustine: on evil Many people will tell you that evil is a necessary part of the world.
text: 2.2.1 Good cannot exist without evil, since evil is necessary as a counterpart to good
text: 2.2.2 Evil is necessary as a means to bringing about goodness
text: Unlike the free will defense where evil becomes a possibility given the reality of free creatures, the soul-making defense argues that evil is logically necessary for some good to be accomplished, but that this good outweighs the evil:
text: However, proponents add, God would only allow as much evil or suffering as is absolutely necessary in order to achieve greater goods.
text: On the contrary, he contended that even though some suffering or evil might be necessary or useful, there is far too much pointless evil (he terms it “unabsorbed evil”) in the world for the traditional God of the Bible to exist.
text: But a world with free will entails that some people will do evil, therefore God has a morally justifying reason to permit evil: evil is necessary for there to be free will.