Dalam filsafat agama dan teologi, masalah kejahatan adalah pertanyaan bagaimana kita menjelaskan kejahatan di dunia (tindakan, peristiwa, atau keadaan yang membawa penderitaan, kehilangan, kemiskinan, dan ketidakadilan) jika Tuhan atau dewa-dewi bersifat mahatahu, mahakuasa, dan maha-berbelas kasihan Banyak filsuf mengklaim bahwa keberadaan Tuhan tidaklah cocok dengan dunia yang penuh dengan kejahatan.
David Hume dalam bukunya Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779) mengutip argumen Epikuros:
"Apakah Tuhan berniat mencegah kejahatan, tetapi tidak mampu? Maka Ia tidak mahakuasa. Apakah Ia mampu, tetapi tidak berniat [melakukannya]? Maka ia kejam. Apakah Ia mampu dan berniat? Kalau begitu, dari mana datangnya kejahatan?"
Lihat pula Sunting
Catatan kaki Sunting
- The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "The Problem of Evil", Michael Tooley
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "The Evidential Problem of Evil", Nick Trakakis
- Coined, apparently by J. L Mackie. See his classic paper, "Evil and Omnipotence", reprinted in Adams, Marilyn McCord and Robert M. Adams, eds., "The Problem of Evil" (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990).
- David Hume. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. Project Gutenberg (e-text).
- Hospers, John. An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis. 3rd Ed. Routledge, 1990, p. 310.
Pranala luar Sunting
- William Hasker's review of Peter Van Inwagen's The Problem of Evil [1] 2011-06-15 di Wayback Machine..
- A Rational and Biblical Approach to the Problem of Hell 2011-07-22 di Wayback Machine. (A Calvinist Theodicy of Eternal Punishment)
- Why Does God Permit Suffering? 2010-06-12 di Wayback Machine. (A Jehovah's Witness Perspective)
- Problem of Evil Blog 2020-11-22 di Wayback Machine.
- Gregory S. Neal: "The Nature of Evil and the Irenaean Theodicy" Grace Incarnate (1988) 2010-02-07 di Wayback Machine.
- Putting God on Trial — The Biblical Book of Job A Hegelian theodicy.
- A debate between theist William Lane Craig and atheist Kai Neilsen regarding the problem of evil.
- A selection of articles on good and evil in Judaism from Chabad.org
- Apocatastasis article at Orthodoxwiki