Name: Atheism’s Problem of Evil: Expectation Mismatch | Yujin Nagasawa | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #30
Uploaded: 2025-03-21T17:30:00+00:00
Duration: 1 h 31 min 47 s
Description: 🔍 Overview: Join Yujin Nagasawa and me as we explore atheism’s Problem of Evil, the concept of systemic evil, and whether suffering poses a more significant challenge to atheism than to theism. 🤝 Supp

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🔍 Overview: Join Yujin Nagasawa and me as we explore atheism’s Problem of Evil, the concept of systemic evil, and whether suffering poses a more significant challenge to atheism than to theism.

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🤦‍♂️ Correction:
Two times I say 'hydrogen and two oxygen' when talking about water (43:46) & (46:11); I have no idea why; I meant to say 'two hydrogen and one oxygen' 😅

🗣️ Highlights
[Highlight 1]: Does Evil Challenge Atheism More Than Theism?
[Highlight 2]: What Is Systemic Evil, and Why Does It Matter?
[Highlight 3]: Can Evolution Explain the Scale of Suffering?

🕒 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
2:57 - Yujin Nagasawa & Philosophy of Religion
4:50 - The Problem of Evil
7:15 - The Problem of Evil's Reach
10:50 - Quality and Quantity of Evil
13:00 - Axiological Expectation Mismatch
17:54 - Pantheism, Panentheism, and Axiarchism
23:08 - Axiarchism and Parfit's The Repugnant Conclusion
28:30 - The Problem of Systemic Evil
32:23 - Systemic Evil vs. Modest Optimism
38:48 - Evolutionary Psychology
43:19 - Systemic Evil - Modest Optimism (H2O - Wetness)
49:50 - Nondualism and Consciousness
56:52 - Challenging Atheism's Problem of Evil
1:05:26 - Sentience & The Problem of Systemic Evil
1:13:34 - Theism's Answer to The Problem of Systemic Evil
1:17:13 - Theist Ontological Toolsets
1:28:11 - Closing Remarks

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The Problem of Evil for Atheists (Amazon) by Yujin Nagasawa: https://amzn.to/4gIP8Cn
The Problem of Evil for Atheists (Open Access) by Yujin Nagasawa: https://academic.oup.com/book/56378
Yujin's Website: https://www.philosophy.prof/

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