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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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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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A Dilemma for Sterba

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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Reviving Manichaeism with the Evil God Challenge

Religions
In contemporary analytic philosophy of religion, the evil God challenge has been developed by several authors as a parody argument. Proponents of this challenge contend that, given the goods in our world, the hypothesis of an omnipotent, omniscient ...
Zoheir Bagheri Noaparast
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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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Genesis, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Evil

, 2021
This article explores the ways the dynamics of sin, good, and evil may be understood in a technological future characterized by the implementation of artificial intelligence in society.
Scheuer, Blaženka,, Lund University.
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God Unhinged? A Critique of Quasi-Fideism

Religions
Drawing on Wittgenstein’s On Certainty, Duncan Pritchard argues for a position he calls quasi-fideism. Quasi-Fideism is the view that hinge commitments such as “God exists” are exempt from rational scrutiny within the language game of religion.
Zoheir Bagheri Noaparast
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A Comparison between Swinburne’s and Mutahari’s views on the Problem of Evil [PDF]

پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2014
The problem of evil, as raised by Mutahari and Swinburne, is one of the most important and complicated problems concerning belief in God and teleology of the world.
Hamidreza Ekandari Damaneh, Ghasem Purhasan   +1 more
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Wittgenstein and the Pseudo-Problem of Evil

Analiza i Egzystencja, 2021
Theists believe that our world was created by an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God. If God with such traits creates a world, we would expect that the world to have certain features. Such features should be compatible with God’s traits. We do
Zoheir Bagheri Noaparast
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