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    It is not the case that The failure of an omnipotent and omniscient being to prevent various evils in this world cannot be morally wrong.

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    • 1.Omnipotence and omniscience do not logically entail moral perfection, as power and knowledge are distinct properties from goodness.
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    • 2.A being can possess maximal causal and epistemic capacities while remaining morally neutral or even culpable for failures to act.
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    • 3.Rowe's evidential argument demonstrates that gratuitous suffering constitutes prima facie evidence of moral failing regardless of the agent's power.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The supporting argument commits a modal fallacy: necessary goodness would preclude wrong action, but that attribute must be established independently, not derived from omnipotence.
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    • 2.If omnipotence logically guaranteed moral rectitude, the Euthyphro dilemma would dissolve trivially, yet Plato's dialogue shows this inference is invalid.
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    • 1.It is impossible for an omnipotent and omniscient being to perform a morally wrong action.
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    • 2.The failure to prevent evils would be an action of such a being.
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