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*Can an all-powerful, all-knowing, perfectly good God logically coexist with evil?*
Michael Tooley examines the logical argument from evil, why traditional versions face serious objections, and whether the free will defense succeeds in reconciling God with the existence of profound suffering.
0:00 Logical and Evidential Arguments From Evil
1:57 The Classical Logical Argument From Evil
3:23 The Evidential Argument From Evil
5:05 Greater Goods and the Existence of Evil
6:43 Plantinga's Free Will Defense
8:32 Free Will Without Choosing Evil
13:13 Concrete Evils and the Case Against God
*Michael Tooley* is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received a Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Research Award in 1998 for his book _Time, Tense, and Causation,_ and is the author of the new book _Causation: A Defense of a Non-Reductionist Approach_ (Oxford, 2026).
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*Can an all-powerful, all-knowing, perfectly good God logically coexist with evil?*
Michael Tooley examines the logical argument from evil, why traditional versions face serious objections, and whether the free will defense succeeds in reconciling God with the existence of profound suffering.
0:00 Logical and Evidential Arguments From Evil
1:57 The Classical Logical Argument From Evil
3:23 The Evidential Argument From Evil
5:05 Greater Goods and the Existence of Evil
6:43 Plantinga's Free Will Defense
8:32 Free Will Without Choosing Evil
13:13 Concrete Evils and the Case Against God
*Michael Tooley* is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received a Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Research Award in 1998 for his book _Time, Tense, and Causation,_ and is the author of the new book _Causation: A Defense of a Non-Reductionist Approach_ (Oxford, 2026).
*More from Michael Tooley on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* Big Questions About God - Closer To Truth - Core Topic: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pKyjextCjGsYzvrMvWCj4tX
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/michael-tooley
*Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV
*Join the Community:*
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Closer To Truth, created and hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, presents the world's greatest thinkers exploring humanity's deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence and sentience. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Meaning #MichaelTooley #ProblemOfEvil #PhilosophyOfReligion
