Aquinas on Evil and the Will: A response to Mackie*

This article argues that, without being reducible to a version of the Free Will Defence, Aquinas' theodicy and philosophical theology can offer contemporary versions of the Free Will Defence stronger metaphysical and theological foundations from which a response to Mackie's compatibilistic...

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Main Author: Rodríguez, Facundo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2021, Volume: 102, Issue: 1102, Pages: 997-1014
Further subjects:B On Evil
B Free Will
B Free Will Defence
B Mackie
B Aquinas
B problem of evil
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