In This Scene from Dostoevsky's the Brothers Karamazov, Ivan Karamazov

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In this scene from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, Ivan Karamazov explains to his pious younger brother, Alyosha, a Christian monk, why he cannot accept God. Ivan's impediment to full devotion to God is the problem of evil. He declares that there is untold, unfathomable suffering in the world-suffering such as that of a little child who is tortured, mutilated, and murdered by a ruthless general for no reason. God allows this suffering, but no adequate justification or explanation can be given why God would permit such evil.
-Ivan says that even if suffering is necessary for humans to acquire knowledge of good and evil, all such knowledge is

• A) worth the price.
• B) worth the suffering endured by children.
• C) worth any price.
• D) not worth the suffering of a single child.

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