Question
A paper about this issue gave the term “G. E. Moore shift” to describe one potential response to a logical version of it. In that paper, William Rowe used an example that includes a forest fire to suggest an “evidential” formulation of this issue. A set of dialogues by David Hume popularized this issue as a trilemma attributed to Epicurus. Alvin Plantinga attempted to resolve this issue by pointing to the existence of “morally significant” free will. Theodicies, or arguments against this issue, are named after a Leibniz work that claims we live in “the best of all possible worlds” to defend the existence of a being that is both omnipotent and benevolent. For 10 points, name this issue that asks why God allows bad things to happen. ■END■
ANSWER: problem of evil [or argument from evil; accept Epicurean paradox until “Epicurus” is read; prompt on existence of God]
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Max Brodsky | UIUC A | WashU B | 32 | 10 |
Jacob Puthipiroj | Northwestern A | WashU D | 43 | 10 |
Trenton Burges | Indiana B | Miami | 76 | -5 |
Liam Starnes | UChicago B | Purdue B | 77 | 10 |
Aden Sun | UChicago A | SIUE A | 82 | -5 |
Davis Johnson | Purdue D | UChicago D | 88 | -5 |
Aneesh Shrotriya | Purdue C | Notre Dame | 116 | 10 |
Francis Bernhardt | Miami | Indiana B | 128 | 10 |
Emily Zen | UChicago D | Purdue D | 128 | 0 |
Logan Mathis | SIUE A | UChicago A | 128 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 62.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 43% | 87.29 |
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 43% | 87.33 |
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 33% | 83.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 71% | 0% | 57% | 104.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 103.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 80.67 |