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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主要作者: Byerly, T. Ryan 1985- (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: [2018]
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2018, 卷: 83, 发布: 1, Pages: 85-96
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 道德 / 痛苦 / 神存在的道德论证 / 无神论
Further subjects:B Atheism
B Morality
B Evil
B Theodicy
B Stephen Maitzen
B God
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总结: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.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-016-9589-7