If God routinely intervened to prevent only the most extreme natural evils, the resulting world would still exhibit sufficient regularity for rational agency, as Mackie and Flew argued.
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divine intervention(Denied by the philosophers Ibn Ezra is critiquing; affirmed by Ibn Ezra through the Exodus example)
God's direct action in worldly affairs in a manner that overrides or supersedes the natural or astrological order
problem of evil(Used as a basis for arguing against the existence of the God of traditional theism)
The philosophical challenge of vindicating God's moral attributes (particularly omnipotence and perfect goodness) in light of the existence of evil in the world
rational agency(Kantian account of autonomy)
A mode of operation that can only function by seeking to be the first cause of its actions.