Ethical Monism and The Problem of Evil

A favourite argument of the neo-Hegelian apologists for the appearance of evil in a perfect world is the contention that without evil good could not exist. By this we are to understand, not that evil is a sine qua non of the existence of the good, unavoidably incidental to its production and mainten...

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Main Author: Fuller, B. a. G. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1908
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1908, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 207-222
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