Horrendous Evil and the Loving God: Reply to Joshua Thurow

Marilyn McCord Adams has defended theodicy by appeal to the idea of post-mortem compensation for the victims of horrendous evil. I have argued that this overlooks the dissociation of theodicy from moral reality that she concedes in her response to criticism of theodicy by D Z Phillips. Joshua Thurow...

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Published in:Sophia
Main Author: Gleeson, Andrew 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2022
In: Sophia
Further subjects:B Adams
B Compensation
B Theodicy
B Greater goods
B Horrendous evils
B Thurow
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Summary:Marilyn McCord Adams has defended theodicy by appeal to the idea of post-mortem compensation for the victims of horrendous evil. I have argued that this overlooks the dissociation of theodicy from moral reality that she concedes in her response to criticism of theodicy by D Z Phillips. Joshua Thurow has recently defended Adams against my argument. Here I defend and strengthen that argument against Thurow.
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-021-00883-z