Nagal Essay
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT # 2
Due Feb. 26 at the beginning of class.
Printed. Stapled in the upper left corner.
MLA format -
300-450 word range
Based on an analysis of Ernest Nagel’s essay, “Does God Exist”? (Cahn 158).
Instructions for writing the essay-follow the outline below.
Introduce the writer and the essay. Then give a brief summary of the essay and a directional statement (where you are going) with the essay.
Give briefly the three “classical” arguments Nagel gives for the existence of God and what he has to say about each of them.
What argument does Nagel give against Kant’s “blunder”?
What role does “evil” and Omni-benevolence play in his argument: does that speak for or against God’s existence?
What are his conclusions?
Be sure to follow the above outline in your essay.