Ordinary morality does not imply atheism
Many theist as well as many atheist philosophers have maintained that if God exists, then every instance of undeserved, unwanted suffering ultimately benefits the sufferer. Recently, several authors have argued that this implication of theism conflicts with ordinary morality. I show that these argum...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2018]
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2018, Band: 83, Heft: 1, Seiten: 85-96 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Moral
/ Leid
/ Moralischer Gottesbeweis
/ Atheismus
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Atheism
B Morality B Evil B Theodicy B Stephen Maitzen B God |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Many theist as well as many atheist philosophers have maintained that if God exists, then every instance of undeserved, unwanted suffering ultimately benefits the sufferer. Recently, several authors have argued that this implication of theism conflicts with ordinary morality. I show that these arguments all rest on a common mistake. Defenders of these arguments overlook the role of merely potential instances of suffering in determining our moral obligations toward suffering. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-016-9589-7 |