Logical problem of evil
Logical problem of evil
Real World
J.L. Mackie's 1955 paper 'Evil and Omnipotence' used the Holocaust as a test case: if God is truly all-powerful and all-good, the systematic murder of six million Jews is a logical impossibility — yet it happened.
Exam Focus
Distinguish 'logically impossible' from 'improbable' — confusing logical and evidential versions is a common mark-losing error.
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