hands). In a free world, child abuse is possible, as is wife-beating and mugging. In a physical world of more than one free being, conflict is possible. Given the nature of free choice and a significant number of persons, one might suspect that conflict and pain were inevitable. In these cases, there is certainly innocent suffering and even immediately unjustified pain. However, this is all a part of the price we pay as free creatures to exercise our choices in individual autonomy. 4. Some physical