Then he is impotent."
This issue is addressed by philosopher William Rowe with the example of a deer caught in a forest fire. John Hick's argument from "soul-making" and Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense both aimed to resolve this issue. David Hume's statement of this problem included the question "Is he willing but not able? Then he is impotent." In the 17th century, the principle of sufficient reason was invoked to resolve this problem in (*) Leibniz's Theodicy, which claimed that that this world was created as the "best possible world." Augustine defined away the central concept of this problem as a non-thing, since it is a mere lack of goodness. For 10 points, name this problem in religious philosophy which asks why a good God allows suffering.
This issue is addressed by philosopher William Rowe with the example of a deer caught in a forest fire.
{problem} of {evil} [accept any descriptive answer indicating the issue of whether, why, how, etc. a good God allows evil, suffering, etc. to exist; accept answers such as \"whether we live in the best of all possible worlds until \"best\" is read]