Reading Questions
J.L. Mackie - Evil and Omnipotence

1. What three propositions form the problem of evil, in its simplest form?
2. What additional premises are needed to get a contradiction?
3. Give one of Mackie's criticisms of solution (1).
4. What does the theist give up if they use solution (2)?
5. What does God's goodness consist in on solution (3)?
6. Give one of Mackie's criticisms of solution (4).
7. State the Paradox of Omnipotence.
8. What are first order and second order omnipotence?