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Axiology and the Problem of Evil [PDF]

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2023
In this article, I contend that (a) disagreement over the definition of ‘good person’ indicates a challenge for the probabilistic argument from evil (PAE) and (b) the debate between value monism and value pluralism exposes obstacles for the PAE.
Crozat Elliott R.
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The Problem of Evil:

Acta Theologica
Open theism argues that traditional responses to the problem of evil fail to provide comfort amidst suffering because of their notion of metaphysical determinism and over-dependence on Greek philosophy.
A.S. Antombikums
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problem of evil [PDF]

حکمت صدرایی, 2014
One may have perceptions and experiences in the world which is not agreeable to his nature. On the other hand, it is undeniable for theologians that there exists a Wise, Omnipotent, and absolutely Just God. The contemporary formulations of the problem of
غلامحسین خدری
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The Problem of Evil: A Solution From Science [PDF]

Zygon, 2001
In this essay, I attempt to solve the problem of the existence of evil in a world created by an omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent God. I conclude that evil exists because God wanted to create moral creatures.
Patricia Williams
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Defeating the Problem of Evil with Evil

TheoLogica
I argue that the creation and freely chosen salvation and everlasting bliss of even just one person is a greater good than any finite amount of evil and suffering.
Rad Miksa
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The Problem of Evil Part One: Evil in Philosophical Discourse [PDF]

Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies, 2020
This article is the first in a series of three articles that endeavor to provide a short survey of answers to, and interpretations of, the problem of evil in philosophical, mythopoetic and religious discourses.
Iosif Riviș-Tipei
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Problem of Evil in Taoism [PDF]

Religious Inquiries, 2016
This paper attempts to present the Taoist understanding of evil. In the Taoist tradition, especially in Tao Te Ching, evil is divided into two categories: causal evil and consequential evil.
Qorban Elmi, Mojtaba Zarvani
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Problems of Evil

Faith and Philosophy, 1988
Marilyn McCord Adams, The Society of Christian Philosophers   +1 more
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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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Sterba’s Problem of Evil vs. Sterba’s Problem of Specificity: Which Is the Real Problem?

Religions, 2022
In 2019 the noted ethicist and political philosopher James Sterba published a new deductive version of the argument from the problem of evil to the conclusion that an Anselmian God does not exist.
Michael S. Jones
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