"God, Evil, and the Best of All Possible Worlds" Discussion Questions

Gottfried Leibniz
  1. Leibniz proposes to reconcile the view that God created the best world with the fact that there is evil in the world. How does he propose to do this?
  2. Why does Leibniz think that a world with evil in it may well be a better world than one without evil?
  3. Why does Leibniz think it is at best unclear whether intelligent creatures are predominantly evil?
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