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Theodicy, Useless Suffering, and Compassionate Asymmetry: Primo Levi, Emmanuel Levinas, and Anti-Theodicy [PDF]
Religions, 2018 Emmanuel Levinas declares that we have reached the end of theodicy, but we have not reached the end of discussions and books and special issues on theodicy, and people continue to ask, and answer, the questions “Why?” and “Why me?” about their suffering.
Jennifer L. Geddes
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Does moral anti-theodicy beg the question? [PDF]
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2023 AbstractSome philosophers of religion have argued that moral anti-theodicy begs the question. This paper evaluates the arguments from two such philosophers, writing a decade apart—Robert Mark Simpson, and Lauri Snellman. Simpson argues that any global argument against theodicy must allow for the possibility of there existing a plausible theodicy, and ...
Gabriel Echazu
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A Study of Nick Trakakis's Approach to Anti-Theodicy in Comparison with Meta-Theodicy and Critique of Theodicy [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2022 The problem of evil and theodicy are acknowledged as inherent parts of the philosophy of religion. But on the other hand, some are seeking a way to put an end to this issue.
Seyed Mahdi Sajadi
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Religions, 2018 First, the nature of ‘anti-theodicy’ is outlined, and some indication is provided as to how this position differs from both theodicy and skeptical theism, and how the anti-theodicy view can be supported on the basis of moral and methodological considerations.
N. N. Trakakis
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The acknowledgement of transcendence: Anti-theodicy in Adorno and Levinas [PDF]
Philosophy and Social Criticism, 2011 It is generally recognized that Adorno and Levinas should both be read as urging a rethinking of ethics in light of Auschwitz. This demand should be understood in terms of the acknowledgement of transcendence. A phenomenological account of the event of Auschwitz developed by Todes motivates my use of Cavell’s distinction between acknowledgement and ...
Carl B. Sachs
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Anti-Theodicy and Atheism in Albert Camus
Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica, 2015 The existence of evil, in particular, the evil suffered by innocent victims, like children, has been one of the arguments given by Camus against the existence of a God considered to have the attributes of Goodness and Omnipotence.
Ángel Ramírez Medina
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Christian Theodicy: A Critique of William Gass’s Anti-Theology [PDF]
Religions, 2022 This paper presents a justification for a Christian theodicy. It starts by critiquing William H. Gass’s depiction of Christianity as superstitious, ignorant, and evil.
Dennis Lee Sansom
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‘And Therefore I Hasten to Return My Ticket’: Anti-theodicy Radicalised [PDF]
Sophia, 2021 N N Trakakis
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”Anti-theodicy” and Antitheodicies [PDF]
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2019 The article reviews different antitheodicies in response to Toby Betenson’s article “Anti-Theodicy”. Antitheodicies involve rejecting the position that God or meaning exist only, if evils have justifying morally sufficient reasons. The article builds on Betenson’s division into moral and conceptual antitheodicies and his characterization of ...
Lauri Snellman
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