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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Roxanne Tang (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | Michigan D (DII) | 66 | 10 |
Todd Maslyk | Michigan A | CWRU C (UG) | 71 | 10 |
Joe Paterson (UG) | Michigan State B (UG) | Michigan B | 73 | 10 |
Owen Brown (DII) | Kenyon B (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | 77 | 10 |
Cade Smith | Michigan State A | Michigan State C (UG) | 82 | -5 |
Matthew Lam (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | CWRU B (UG) | 99 | -5 |
Jacob Evans (DII) | Michigan State C (UG) | Michigan State A | 128 | 10 |
Alan Lee (UG) | CWRU B (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 128 | 0 |
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 |
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 70% | 0% | 40% | 97.00 |