Combinatorial Axiology and the Problem of Evil

In this article, I argue that the probabilistic argument from evil rests on an assumption that weakens its conclusion. The argument presupposes epistemic conditions that we are not in a position to meet. I use combinatorial axiology to show that the world’s axiological profile is unknowable to humans, and that this fact significantly weakens the probabilistic argument. I do not contend that the probabilistic argument is refuted, but only that the version I address is undercut. To my knowledge, this is the first application of systematic combinatorial axiology against the probabilistic argument.