Does God Cause Evil?
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In our fifth episode on divine providence, we tackle the question of why the omni-instrumental model of divine providence doesn’t make God the cause of evil despite saying that he causes all things through nature. Ultimately, the answer relies on an understanding of evil in terms of privation (which we explore at length) together with an understanding of the different ways instruments can limit the causal influence of agents.