"Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God" Self-Quiz

. Which of the following best describes why Tolstoy was repulsed by the execution he witnessed?

It was an act of rational will

It was morally problematic

It was representative of the government's corruption

All of the above

. What is Tolstoy's experience with the guillotine an example of, according to Sutherland?

Evil

Horrendous evil

Secular evil

Defeat

. Adams, according to Sutherland, suggests we consider the _______ question, regarding horrendous evil.

How

Why

When

Who

. Which of the following best describes the seeming difference between Adams's and Sutherland's understandings of "horrendous evil"?

For Adams, horrendous evil is always a matter of morality

For Sutherland, horrendous evils don't extend to notions like injustice or cold-bloodedness

For Adams, horrendous evil refers to disproportionate harm that befalls an individual

For Adams, horrendous evil refers to disproportionate harm that befalls anyone

. According to Sutherland, Tolstoy's case requires that . . .

There is no rational or moral argument that could persuade him his moral perception is off

There can be a rational or moral argument that could persuade him his moral perception is off

The Why-question, with regard to the horrendous evil he experienced, must be displaced

None of the above

. For Marilyn Adams, within Christian theism there aren't resources available adequate to "engulf" or even "defeat" the worst of horrendous evils.

True

False

. Sutherland worries that Adams implicitly sets aside the primacy of the moral.

True

False

. Adams suggests that the How-question is displaced by the Why-question.

True

False

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