A Radical Solution to the Problem of Evil
The problem of evil is widely recognised to be the most serious challenge to the reasonableness of believing this world to be Gods creation. In this paper, I offer a novel way of responding. I argue that given a certain sort of divine command metaethics our moral intuitions and beliefs about what m...
| Published in: | Sophia |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
[2017]
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Sophia
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Divine Command Theory B problem of evil B Sceptical theism |
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| Summary: | The problem of evil is widely recognised to be the most serious challenge to the reasonableness of believing this world to be Gods creation. In this paper, I offer a novel way of responding. I argue that given a certain sort of divine command metaethics our moral intuitions and beliefs about what moral goodness substantially involves cannot reasonably be expected to provide reliable insight into what Gods moral goodness substantially involves. As such, even if it is unreasonable to believe this universe to be the creation of an intuitively morally good, omnipotent, omniscient being, this does not entail that it is unreasonable to suppose it to be the creation of God. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Reference: | Kritik in "An All Too Radical Solution to the Problem of Evil (2018)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-016-0526-0 |