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James P. Sterba, is a good God logically possible?

, 2022
Genel olarak ateist felsefenin kötülük probleminde kullandığı iki argüman türü vardır. Bunlar mantıksal ve delilsel kötülük problemleridir. İlki ateist filozof John Mackie tarafından geliştirilmiş ve her şeye kadir bir Tanrı’nın varlığı ile kötülüğün mantıksal olarak birbirleriyle tutarsız olduğu ifade edilmiştir.
Elif Nur Erkan Balcı
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The Anthropomorphic God of James Sterba

Verba Theologica
In this paper, the author tries to give his second and more precise response to the argument of James Sterba. According to Sterba’s words, if a good God existed, he would prevent all the horrendous evil occurrences. This is because a good God, if existed, would be a rational agent and subject to moral requirements.
Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku, Filozofická fakulta, Katedra filozofie, Patrik Hrmo   +1 more
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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 would approve of the evil being done to them for some greater good (would-approve scenario), and one ...
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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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Isaac Qatraya and the Logical Problem of Evil

Religions, 2022
Sterba has recently produced a searching and significant version of the argument from evil. Here, I set out aspects of the view of God, suffering, and the afterlife articulated by Isaac Qatraya (also known as Isaac of Nineveh and Isaac the Syrian), and ...
James Henry Collin
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God, Evil, and Meticulous Providence

Religions, 2022
James Sterba has constructed a powerful argument for there being a conflict between the presence of evil in the world and the existence of God. I contend that Sterba’s argument depends on a crucial assumption, namely, that God has an obligation to act ...
Bruce R. Reichenbach
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Logical Argument from Evil and Theism

Religions, 2022
The article argues that the logical argument from evil is dead, and the new version presented by James Sterba cannot resurrect it. In the first part, I say that the logical argument from evil is dead either because, in the version given by Mackie, it was
Andrea Aguti
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