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Leibniz believed that we live in the best possible world and, despite all the evil in the world, this should comfort us. Is it possible to combine evil with the best of the worlds? We discuss this in the new episode of the podcast.
Guest — Artem Besedin, Associate Professor, PhD, Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University and the Center for Consciousness Research
Moderator — Anton Kuznetsov, Associate Professor, Ph.D., research associate at the Center for Consciousness Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University
Timecode:
00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - Why do we live in the best possible world?
05:07 - The problem of evil and the Epicurean dilemma for God
09:11 - The least and necessary evil in the best of worlds
15:03 - The maximum amount of pleasure and an infinite number of creatures
18:05 - Three kinds of inevitability and Valera's mistakes
21:36 - Why rebirth in the best of worlds
25:52 - The appearance of senseless evil as a sign of the change of epochs
37:35 - Should all suffering be eliminated?
43:21 - Why don't we live in the best of the worlds?
56:09 - Contest!
56:45 - Summary from Mary
