Weighing evils: the C. S. Lewis approach

It is often argued that the great quantity of evil in our world makes God’s existence less likely than a lesser quantity would, and this, presumably, because the probability that some evils are gratuitous increases as the overall quantity of evil increases. Often, an additive approach to quantifying...

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Authors: Seachris, Joshua (Author) ; Zagzebski, Linda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2007
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2007, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 81-88
Further subjects:B Gratuitous pain
B Evil
B Adding pain
B Suffering
B Quantitative argument
B C. S. Lewis
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