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Evil : a guide for the perplexed /
One of the most perplexing problems facing believers in God is the problem of evil. The words of Epicurus put the point concisely: Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub.,
2012.
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| Colección: | Guides for the perplexed.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What is evil?; Classifying evil; Traditional theism and evil; Non-traditional accounts of God and evil; The existential problem of evil; Responding to evil; Further reading; Chapter 2: Problems of evil; The logical problem; Evidential problems; Concluding reflections; Further reading; Chapter 3: Theodicy; A free will theodicy; A soul-making theodicy; A theodicy of fulfilment; Concluding reflections; Further reading; Chapter 4: Divine hiddenness; An argument for God's non-existence; Some possible reasons for divine hiddenness; Further reading.
- Chapter 5: Evil, atheism and the problem of goodProblems of evil and the problem of good; The problem of good and the moral argument for God; Concluding reflections; Further reading; Chapter 6: Evil and suffering in Hinduism and Buddhism; Karma and rebirth; A Hindu conception of ultimate reality and evil; A Buddhist conception of Ultimate Reality and suffering; Objections to karma and rebirth; Further reading; Chapter 7: Eternal goods and the triumph over evil; Horrendous evil and eternal goods; Evil and the afterlife; Confronting evil; Further reading; Notes; References; Index.