metonymy4u

Do you think that rational beings work for good or for evil? That is, do you think that rational beings, as such, intentionally and deliberately work to bring into being that which they know with certainty to be bad for themselves and the world around them? This seems contrary to our idea of life itself, as that which works for its own self preservation. Therefore, the notion of a rational being seems to imply a being which works for its own good, based at least on its own understanding of that good. Of course, its understanding may be flawed due to insanity or ignorance, but then it can hardly be termed rational. So rational beings work for the good. And to the extent that God is conceived as an all powerful, all knowing rational being, she must therefore be thought to be working for the good, and against the evil. This world, therefore, must be thought to be the best of all possible worlds, since if God, being all knowing and all powerful, knew of a better possible world, she would not fail to cause its existence. So God, in addition to being the cause of everything, necessarily also creates the best of all possible worlds. QED.