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Dostoevsky's Problem Of Evil

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The Problem of Evil that Dostoevsky presents in the dialogue is why a God that is said to be merciful and good. Ivan gives the example of the Russian child who throw a stone and accidently hurts the paw of the general’s favorite dog. The general then takes the boy strips him and send a pack of dogs after him and tear him apart. The argument is that good cannot be understood unless there is evil in the world but he doesn’t understand how a God of love could let this happen. Ivan says, “And if the sufferings of children go to swell the sum of sufferings which was necessary to pay for truth, then I protest that the truth is not worth such a price” (Pojman and Vaughn, 2014, pg. 67). Ivan doesn’t think that having harmony after death is worth paying
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