Question

Which point below does Mackie NOT make in discussing the free will defense to the Problem of Evil: Group of answer choices The Free Will Defense is the only good solution to the problem of Evil. It assumes evils like cruelty are logically necessary consequences of giving persons free will. Assumes that a world with free creatures is better than one where they are determined automata or robots It falsely assumes that it is logically impossible for God to have made beings that act freely and always act righty. It has the questionable premise that restricting freedom is worse than murder, torture, cruelty, etc.

Answer 1

The Free Will Defense is the only good solution to the problem of Evil

It falsely assumes that it is logically impossible for God to have made beings that act freely and always act rightly.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mackie argues in his 1977 book, God, that the Christian belief which is that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and is morally excellent contradicts the evil in the world and therefore is logically wrong. The free will defense by Platinga is a 1982 response to mackie's argument which contends that since God cannot be expected to do everything even though he can and that free will is given may in fact be of high moral value even though it may be misued, Mackie's argument is infact invalid.