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Leibniz and Swinburne's views on the problem of evil [PDF]
Comparative Theology, 2015 The problem of evil is the most serious problem in religious thinking, and now is the most important atheistic reason against the existence of God. According to this argument, existent evils in the world are not compatible with an omnipotent, omniscient ...
Abdollah Nasri +1 more
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The Problem with the Problem of Evil
Open Journal of Philosophy, 2021 The problem of evil has been around for centuries but as yet no consensus exists as to its significance for atheism or theism. After a brief historical review, I focus on the debate between two leading contemporary philosophers, Rowe and Plantinga, and argue that neither has succeeded in resolving the evidential version of the problem of evil.
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Systemic evil and the international political imagination [PDF]
, 2014 In light of the persistence of discourses of atrocity in the post-Holocaust era, and with the resurgence of talk of evil that followed 11 September 2001, it is clear that the idea of evil still possesses a powerful hold upon the modern imagination.
Hayden, Patrick +2 more
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The poetics of evil : a study of the aesthetic theme in theodicy [PDF]
, 2009 This work proposes to look at the role of aesthetics within Christian theodicy. Though the recent theodicy literature has often displayed suspicion toward the inclusion of aesthetic criteria, I will argue that theological aesthetics can enrich the ...
Tallon, Philip
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The problem of evil in Hinduism [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2010 After having pointed to the different religious concepts of the origin of evil, the author focuses on the discussion of Hinduism as a typical paradigm of monism.
Kinđić Zoran
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Axiology and the Problem of Evil
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 Moral Argument against the Existence of God? [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2017 While the moral argument for the existence of God is a more familiar issue in philosophy of religion, recently, atheist philosophers have proposed a moral argument against the existence of God. This argument has been formulated in at least five ways: (1)
Amirhossein Khodaparast
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Religions, 2022 James Sterba argues that a good God is not logically possible. He argues that what he calls the Pauline Principle, which says that we should never do evil that good may come of it, implies that a good God would prevent horrendous evil consequences of ...
Bruce Russell
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The Pragmatic Problem of Evil [PDF]
, 2021 This paper consists of two parts, namely, “Is the Landscape of the Problem of Evil at an Impasse?” and “A Pragmatic Argument against Reliance in God to Prevent Horrendous Evils.” The first part of this paper completes an analysis of formulations around
Cooper, Matthew James
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