Philosophy Exercise. God exist by necessity. Coursework

1. Name three of the predicates usually associated with God in the philosophical tradition (1 point each).
2. State the principle that Leibniz refers to as the ‘Principle of Sufficient Reason’ (2 points).
3. (a) Explain, in no more than three sentences, Descartes’s version of the ontological argument.
(b) In no more than two sentences, explain one objection to the argument (4 points).
4. What does Aquinas mean when he says, “In the world of sense we find there is an order of efficient causes”? Give an example of the sort of thing Aquinas is talking about. Mention one feature of this “order” that is important for Aquinas’s argument. No more than three sentences. (3 points)
5. Why might the fact that the world contains evil be thought to show that an omniscient god does not exist? No more than four sentences. (4 points)
6. How might one object to the following argument?
1) Evil in the world is justified only if there is a morally sufficient reason for God to permit it.
2) The existence of free agents is a morally sufficient reason for God to permit evil
3) Therefore, the evil in the world is justified.
Discuss just one objection. No more than five sentences. (4 points)