Why Richard Swinburne Won’t ‘Rot in Hell’: A Defense of Tough-minded Theodicy
In his recent paper in Sophia, ‘Theodicy: The Solution to the Problem of Evil, or Part of the Problem?’ Nick Trakakis endorses the position that theodicy, whether intellectually successful or not, is a morally obnoxious enterprise. My aim in this paper is to defend theodicy from this accusation. I c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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Sophia
Year: 2010, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-47 |
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Anti-theodicy
B Best explanation apologetics B Incommensurability B Theodicy B Utilitarianism B moral community B Hubris B Horrendous evils |
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| Summary: | In his recent paper in Sophia, ‘Theodicy: The Solution to the Problem of Evil, or Part of the Problem?’ Nick Trakakis endorses the position that theodicy, whether intellectually successful or not, is a morally obnoxious enterprise. My aim in this paper is to defend theodicy from this accusation. I concede that God the Creator is a moral monster by human standards and neither to be likened to a loving parent nor imitated. Nonetheless, God is morally perfect. What is abhorrent is not tough-minded theodicy but the hubris of imitating God. I further claim that it is no accident that the same sort of objection is made to act utilitarianism as to tough-minded theodicy if the latter is misinterpreted as implying a guide for human action. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-009-0157-9 |