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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 (10[1])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 (10[1])attempted (-5[1])to (10[1])resolve this issue by pointing (10[1])to the existence of “morally (10[1])significant” free will. Theodicies, (-5[1])or arguments against this (10[1])issue, are named after a Leibniz work that claims (10[1])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■ (10[2])

ANSWER: problem of evil [or argument from evil; accept Epicurean paradox until “Epicurus” is read; prompt on existence of God]
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Omer KeskinOxford ABristol A3410
Benjamin WatsonOxford BImperial A6110
Lovel HearnEdinburghManchester62-5
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Tom HainesDurham ACambridge B6810
Percy YuenCambridge DWarwick A7310
Zosia MikolajczukSouthampton AWarwick B77-5
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