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How the Trinitarian God of Christianity Provides the Best Explanation for Objective Morality: Comparing the Metaethical Theories of James Sterba and Adam Lloyd Johnson

Religions
James Sterba recently presented arguments against theories which ground morality in God and attempted “to provide an account of the norms on which an ethics without God can be appropriately grounded ….” In particular, Sterba noted that “Robert Adams is ...
Adam Lloyd Johnson
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A Response to James Sterba’s Problem of Evil through al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār’s Understanding of Divine Action

Kocatepe İslami İlimler Dergisi
The problem of evil remains one of the most powerful philosophical objections to the existence of God, particularly concerning divine omnipotence, omniscience, and goodness.
Hande Nur Bozbuğa
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Effect of an Electronic Pill Bottle on Hydroxychloroquine Adherence in Pediatric Lupus: Results of a Novel Direct-to-Family Pilot Trial. [PDF]

ACR Open Rheumatol
Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of an electronic pill bottle with automated reminders on hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) adherence in children with pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE). Methods This was a self‐controlled, open label, direct‐to‐family pilot trial.
Randell RL, Schanberg LE, Beard C, Phillips T, Hornik CP, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Balevic SJ, with the CARRA Registry investigators.   +7 more
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Modeling the normal:abnormal spectrum of early childhood internalizing behaviors: A clinical-developmental approach for the Multidimensional Assessment Profiles Internalizing Dimensions. [PDF]

Int J Methods Psychiatr Res, 2023
Abstract Background We expanded the Multidimensional Assessment Profiles (MAPS) Scales developmental specification model to characterize the normal:abnormal spectrum of internalizing (anxious and depressive) behaviors in early childhood via the MAPS‐Internalizing (MAPS‐INT) scale. Methods The MAPS‐INT item pool was generated based on clinical expertise
Wakschlag LS, Sherlock P, Blackwell CK, Burns JL, Krogh-Jespersen S, Gershon RC, Cella D, Buss KA, Luby JL.   +8 more
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Racial Disparities and Achievement of the Low Lupus Disease Activity State: A CARRA Registry Study. [PDF]

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
Objective Differential disease control may contribute to racial disparities in outcomes of childhood‐onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). We evaluated associations of race and individual‐ or neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDoH) with achievement of low lupus disease activity state (LLDAS), a clinically relevant treatment target.
Soulsby WD, Olveda R, He J, Berbert L, Weller E, Barbour KE, Greenlund KJ, Schanberg LE, von Scheven E, Hersh A, Son MBF, Chang J, Knight A, CARRA Registry Investigators.   +13 more
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Comparative Effectiveness of a Second Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Versus a Non-Tumor Necrosis Factor Biologic in the Treatment of Patients With Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. [PDF]

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
Objective The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a second tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) versus a non‐TNFi biologic following discontinuation of a TNFi for patients with polyarticular‐course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA).
Mannion ML, Amin S, Balevic S, Chang ML, Correll CK, Kearsley-Fleet L, Hyrich KL, Beukelman T, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Investigators and the UK Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Biologics Register Investigators.   +8 more
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God’s Prime Directive: Non-Interference and Why There Is No (Viable) Free Will Defense

Religions, 2022
In a recent book and article, James Sterba has argued that there is no free will defense. It is the purpose of this article to show that, in the most technical sense, he is wrong.
David Kyle Johnson
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The Argument from Evil, the Argument from Hiddenness, and Supernaturalistic Alternatives to Theism

Religions, 2022
In this brief article, I consider James Sterba’s logical argument from evil, finding it to be ultimately unsuccessful. Not for the various issues Sterba raises, which do seem to be problematic if God exists, but for the logical approach itself.
Raphael Lataster
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The Thomistic Dissolution of the Logical Problem of Evil

Religions, 2021
In his book ‘Is a Good God Logically Possible?’, James Sterba argues that the existence of much of the evil to be found in the world is logically incompatible with the existence of God.
Edward Feser
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Human Sovereignty and the Logical Problem of Evil

Religions, 2022
In this paper, I provide a defence of theism against James Sterba’s version of the logical problem of evil, at least where the focus is on moral evil (I do not have much to say about natural evil in this paper).
Daniel Molto
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