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Podcast: The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton
Episode: S7, E5 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of Evil, 01: What Does "Good" Mean & Why is Existence Good?
Description: This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger.
Highlights:
2:30 The problem of evil
5:30 The foundation of the Torah is that the universe is good
8:30 All evils are privations, made by God only indirectly
17:20 What does it contribute to a theodicy to say that God makes evils only indirectly?
21:00 What determines that existence is good?
23:00 What does "good" mean?
26:00 "Good" is a value-judgment of approval
31:30 A person can't take a position of disapproval on existence
39:00 Judging reality is participating in reality and thus involves taking a position on the value of reality
44:30 God's viewing of the...