Ideas from 'The Theodicy' by Gottfried Leibniz [1710], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Leibniz Selections' by Leibniz,Gottfried (ed/tr Wiener,Philip P.) [Scribners 1951,]].
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason
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Reasonings have a natural ordering in God's understanding, but only a temporal order in ours
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
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Saying we must will whatever we decide to will leads to an infinite regress
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
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Perfections of soul subordinate the body, but imperfections of soul submit to the body
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
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Will is an inclination to pursue something good
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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Most people facing death would happily re-live a similar life, with just a bit of variety
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil
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Metaphysical evil is imperfection; physical evil is suffering; moral evil is sin
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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You can't assess moral actions without referring to the qualities of character that produce them
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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God must be intelligible, to select the actual world from the possibilities
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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The intelligent cause must be unique and all-perfect, to handle all the interconnected possibilities
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / a. Divine morality
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God prefers men to lions, but might not exterminate lions to save one man
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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If justice is arbitrary, or fixed but not observed, or not human justice, this undermines God
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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God is the first reason of things; our experiences are contingent, and contain no necessity
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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The laws of physics are wonderful evidence of an intelligent and free being
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
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Prayers are useful, because God foresaw them in his great plan
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil
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How can an all-good, wise and powerful being allow evil, sin and apparent injustice?
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Being confident of God's goodness, we disregard the apparent local evils in the visible world
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