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Animal Suffering and the Laws of Nature
Religions, 2022 Two recent atheistic arguments from evil have made much of natural evil and the suffering of animals in their case contra theism. The first argument is that of James Sterba.
Jeffrey Jordan
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A Critique of Schellenberg’s New Logical Argument from Evil [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2023 In a new formulation of the logical problem of evil, J. L. Schellenberg attempts to develop a new version of the logical form of the problem of evil through the logical inconsistency of the conjunction of three theistic claims with the existence of evil.
Mahboobeh Pakdel, Amirabbas Alizamani
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A Discourse Criticism of Replies to the Problem of Evil in Contemporary Islamic Philosophy (ʿAllama Tabatabaʾi and Ayatollah Motahhari) [PDF]
حکمت معاصر, 2023 Introduction The perennial problem of evil, which includes a set of problems, was generally formulated in three ways: (1) the logical problem of evil (logical inconsistency of God’s existence and attributes with the existence of evil), (2) the evidential
Zahra Yahyapour +2 more
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A New Logical Problem of Evil Revisited
Faith and Philosophy, 2018 J L Schellenberg
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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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The Status of Leibniz's Theodicy in Kant's Pre-Critical Thought [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2023 Immanuel Kant has addressed the problem of evil in many of his works. The neglected part of Kant’s thought -especially among Muslim scholars- is his philosophical objections and defenses regarding the problem of evil in pre-critical and early critical ...
Zahra Farzanegan, Farah Ramin
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Can Heaven Justify Horrendous Moral Evils? A Postmortem Autopsy
Religions, 2023 James Sterba has recently constructed a new and compelling logical problem of evil that rejects Plantinga’s free-will defense and employs the concept of significant freedom and the Pauline Principle to demonstrate an incompatibility between the existence
Asha Lancaster-Thomas
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Major Gaps in Sterba’s New Atheological Argument from Evil
Religions, 2022 In this essay, I first offer several scenarios where Sterba’s argument based on the Pauline Principle fails: specifically, one in which we all consent to living an earthly life in some prior existence (prior-consent scenario), one in which the victims ...
Robin Collins
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Intentionality, belief, and the logical problem of evil [PDF]
Religious Studies, 2019 AbstractThis article provides a new defence against the logical problem of evil, based on the naturalistic functional/teleological theory of mind (NFT). I argue that if the NFT is self-consistent then it is consistent with theism. Further, the NFT entails that it is not possible for created minds to exist in the absence of evil.
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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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