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The Evidential Argument from Evil

By Daniel Howard-Snyder

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0253210283, 9780253210289
LCC
BT160 .E94 1996
Open Library ID
OL1279413M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2063875 bytes)
Series
Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion
Pages
384\351
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

Is evil evidence against the existence of God? Even if God and evil are compatible, it remains hotly contested whether evil renders belief in God unreasonable. The Evidential Argument from Evil presents five classic statements on this issue by eminent philosophers and theologians and places them in dialogue with eleven original essays reflecting new thinking by these and other scholars. The volume focuses on two versions of the argument. The first affirms that there is no reason for God to permit either certain specific horrors or the variety and profusion of undeserved suffering. The second asserts that pleasure and pain, given their biological role, are better explained by hypotheses other than theism.Contributors include William P. Alston, Paul Draper, Richard M. Gale, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Alvin Plantinga, William L. Rowe, Bruce Russell, Eleonore Stump, Richard G. Swinburne, Peter van Inwagen, and Stephen John Wykstra.

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