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Is the universe ethical in its "deep structure"? If the universe is meant to reflect God's glory, then it is animated by an organizing principle, namely to create creatures who can appreciate the handiwork. Angels would suffice for some things, but the lack of corporeality would leave them unable to experience crucial aspects of creation. Thus, the universe required human beings, although that is not to say that there are not myriad creatures throughout the universe who play a similar role. If we are meant to appreciate the handiwork, then it is also true that on some fundamental level our reactions to things can be true, not merely logically, but aesthetically, ethically, and morally. Therefore, the universe is ethical in its "deep structure", and also therefore God cares, in some manner, about the outcome of our travails, and would likely interfere to some degree (traditionally presumed to be consistent with not totally overriding free- will). |
