"The Mirror of Evil" Self-Quiz

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. What is the problem of evil?

It is the question raised by the fact that there is evil in the world, despite the fact that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good. correct incorrect

It is the question of whether people are fundamentally good or bad correct incorrect

It is the question raised by the fact that people work at reforming the world but evil remains correct incorrect

It is a question about whether power necessarily makes people evil correct incorrect

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. Which of the following isn't a way of responding to evil that Stump talks about?

Recognizing that evil is necessary for there to be good correct incorrect

Staring evil in the face loathingly correct incorrect

Laboring at obliviousness about evil correct incorrect

Ignoring evil and focusing on one's own immediate life correct incorrect

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. For Stump, our moral intuition or faculty is . . .

A rational faculty that allows us to recognize good and evil. correct incorrect

A way of remembering what counts as good and what counts as evil. correct incorrect

A primal ability to recognize good and evil. correct incorrect

Culturally relative. correct incorrect

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. What is the significance of Philip Hallie in Stump's essay?

Hallie is an example of someone who lost faith in God by focusing on the evils humans have done correct incorrect

Hallie is an example of someone who came to discern God by loathingly staring evil in its face correct incorrect

Hallie is an example of a "hobbit"—he ignores evil and focuses on the immediate things in his life correct incorrect

Hallie is an example of a reformer who fails to recognize the futility of removing human defects correct incorrect

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. What is reflective equilibrium?

The process of rationally coming to see that God's goodness is reflected in evil correct incorrect

The process of forming one's initial intuitions correct incorrect

The process of loathingly looking at evil and coming to accept it as a necessary fact correct incorrect

The process of bringing one's intuitions and theories in harmony correct incorrect

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. Stump holds that we can make sense of evil using our faculty for reason.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Stump argues that we can come into contact with God by emotionally engaging with evil.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. For Stump, we should focus our energy on removing the defects in humans that lead to evil.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect