One unit, one argument — asked four times. The problem stated at full strength, then three responses: the Free Will Defence, Hick's soul-making, and Griffin's Process Theodicy.
Can an all-powerful, all-loving God have a sufficient reason for allowing the evil we actually see?
Each lesson lines its positions up on one axis — how serious the problem is, and how much each response explains, justifies, or surrenders. Pick a sub-topic, then tap a position to see what it claims and where it's strong or weak.
Tap a circle — or use Tab and Enter — to explore each position.
Top answers don't treat the four lessons separately. Three ideas run through all of them — spot the thread and you're writing at the top of the mark scheme.
The triad can be answered; Ivan's returned ticket and Rowe's fawn cannot. Every response solves the logic better than the evidence.
No statement should be made that would not be credible in the presence of burning children. Hold every theodicy to it.
Plantinga gives up truth-claims, Hick gives up testability, Griffin gives up omnipotence. Name the sacrifice and the essay opens up.
The unit splits into four lessons. They look different, but each is really asking whether God has a sufficient reason for evil.
Everything for the unit, in one place. Open a sub-topic's lesson, booklet and podcast, and use the Philosopher Companion across all four.
LINKS list near the bottom, and paste each SharePoint share link once. Buttons with no link show as “Link not set”.
Use your resources in this order. The Philosopher Companion is where you learn to plan both question types.
One podcast per sub-topic — a teacher and student talk each position through to a judgement. Annotate as you listen.
Read the given text, write the key claims in your own words, then decide the strength and weakness you'd give each position.
In the Companion: match each term to its meaning, then use it in a sentence. RAG-rate the mastery checklist with the three faces.
Use the Companion frameworks and the guidance-left / your-turn-right scaffolds. Never evaluate what you haven't first explained.
A full review of Evil & Suffering — the problem, the Free Will Defence, Hick and Griffin. Best watched before you start revising, then again to check your recall.
Teacher: paste the YouTube link in the VIDEO_URL line near the bottom of this file. The player then appears here automatically.
Flip a card to check yourself. Switch between key terms (term → meaning) and positions (position → claim, strength & weakness), and filter by sub-topic.