Theodicy defined

Principles used in Leibnizian Theodicy
    Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR)
    Principle of Perfection (POP)
    Principle of Plenitude (POPL)
 

The Mind of God
    Possible Universes
            Potential histories of all possible universes
                    God knows all the potential histories

    God does only what is most rational, which is what is most good (PSR, POP).
        Which world does God choose to create (actualize)?
            Which world exists?  THIS WORLD
 
                        1.  God KNOWS all there is to know about this world = Determinism
                        2.  When this world was only potential, God knew all that WOULD happen in it
                        3.  Does this mean there is no individual free will?
                        4.  Does this mean there is no moral responsibility?
                                       In this world's existence as a possible world, this world contained beings who acted freely.
                                                We are morally free, but metaphysically necessitated.
                                    How can Leibniz justify his answers to 3 and 4?
                                                Critical Points

So what does all this have to do with the problem of evil, or an attempt to solve it?
 

Some Commentary on Theodicy from the work of Richard Swinburne:
        Passive Evil - physical, mental, state
        Moral Evil - human

God should create people incapable of moral evil
        What about free will?
God should make people who can do evil but with no bad results
        What about moral responsibility?
God should limit pain and suffering.
        God does.
How do we account for the existence of non-moral (passive) evils?
Perhaps God should have created a world with ONLY moral evil in it.

A universe with evil in it is better than one without it - Swinburne's claim