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    A theodicy that accounts for only one category of evil wh... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The good of libertarian free will requires the possibility of moral evil.

    A theodicy that accounts for only one category of evil while ignoring the other fails as a comprehensive defense of theism against the problem of evil.

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    • 1.Evil manifests in two distinct forms: moral evil (human wrongdoing) and natural evil (suffering from disease, earthquakes). Each requires separate explanatory mechanisms.
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    • 2.A theodicy addressing only moral evil via free will cannot explain childhood cancer or tsunamis, leaving half the problem of evil unresolved.
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    • 3.Comprehensive philosophical defenses must address all major objections; selective explanations appear ad hoc and weaken theism's rational credibility.
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    • 1.The distinction between moral and natural evil may be artificial; both trace to the same metaphysical foundations (free will, natural law, divine omnipotence limits).
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    • 2.A single theodicy (e.g., soul-making theodicy) can coherently address both categories without treating them as requiring independent justifications.
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    • 3.Demanding comprehensive single-theory explanations sets an unreasonably high epistemic standard that few philosophical positions in any domain can meet.
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