Explaining evil : four views / edited by W. Paul Franks.

Contributor(s):

Franks, W. Paul [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: viii, 180 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9781501331121
1501331124
9781501331145
1501331140

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

170 23

LOC classification:

BJ1401 .E974 2019

Contents:

Evil and agent-causal theism / Richard Brian Davis -- Response to Richard Brian Davis / Paul Helm -- Response to Richard Brian Davis / Michael Ruse -- Response to Richard Brian Davis / Erik J. Wielenberg -- Reply to critics / Richard Brian Davis -- Evil and Christian classical theism / Paul Helm -- Response to Paul Helm / Richard Brian Davis -- Response to Paul Helm / Michael Ruse -- Response to Paul Helm / Erik J. Wielenberg -- Reply to critics / Paul Helm -- Evil and atheistic moral skepticism / Michael Ruse -- Response to Michael Ruse / Richard Brian Davis -- Response to Michael Ruse / Paul Helm -- Response to Michael Ruse / Erik J. Wielenberg -- Reply to critics / Michael Ruse -- Evil and atheistic moral realism / Erik J. Wielenberg -- Response to Erik J. Wielenberg / Richard Brian Davis / Response to Erik J. Wielenberg / Paul Helm -- Response to Erik J. Wielenberg / Michael Ruse -- Reply to critics / Erik J. Wielenberg.

Summary: "In Explaining Evil four prominent philosophers, two theists and two non-theists, present their arguments for why evil exists. Taking a 'position and response' format, in which one philosopher offers a point of view and three others respond, this book guides readers through the advantages and limitations of philosophical positions on evil, making it ideal for classroom use as well as individual study. Divided into four chapters, Explaining Evil covers Theistic Libertarianism, Theistic Compatibilism, Naturalist Moral Realism and Naturalist Moral Non-realism. It features topics including free will, theism, naturalism, goodness, Calvinism, moral evolution and pain, and demonstrates some of the dominant models of thinking within contemporary philosophy of religion. Written in accessible prose and with an approachable structure, this book provides a clear and useful overview of the central issues of the philosophy of evil"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In Explaining Evil four prominent philosophers, two theists and two non-theists, present their arguments for why evil exists. Taking a 'position and response' format, in which one philosopher offers a point of view and three others respond, this book guides readers through the advantages and limitations of philosophical positions on evil, making it ideal for classroom use as well as individual study. Divided into four chapters, Explaining Evil covers Theistic Libertarianism, Theistic Compatibilism, Naturalist Moral Realism and Naturalist Moral Non-realism. It features topics including free will, theism, naturalism, goodness, Calvinism, moral evolution and pain, and demonstrates some of the dominant models of thinking within contemporary philosophy of religion. Written in accessible prose and with an approachable structure, this book provides a clear and useful overview of the central issues of the philosophy of evil"--