In This Selection, Rowe Presents His Own Version of the Argument

question 7

True/False

In this selection, Rowe presents his own version of the argument from evil:
1. There exist instances of intense suffering which an omnipotent, omniscient being could have prevented without thereby losing some greater good or permitting some evil equally bad or worse.
2. An omniscient, wholly good being would prevent the occurrence of any intense suffering it could, unless it could not do so without thereby losing some greater good or permitting some evil equally bad or worse.
3. [Therefore] there does not exist an omnipotent, omniscient, wholly good being.
Concerning premise 2, Rowe declares, "In light of our experience and knowledge of the variety and scale of human and animal suffering in our world, the idea that none of this suffering could have been prevented by an omnipotent being without thereby losing a greater good or permitting an evil at least as bad seems an extraordinary absurd idea, quite beyond our belief."
-Rowe thinks that theism cannot be accepted on rational grounds by theists.

Identify the limitations and ethical considerations of biological therapies.

Grasp Freud's theory of psychosexual stages of development and its implications for psychological disorders.

Recognize the importance of cultural competence in therapeutic practices.

Understand classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and their relevance to learning behaviors.

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