Divine intentions and the problem of evil
I develop a model of providence on which God brings about good states of affairs by means of evil states of affairs, but without intending the latter. The model's key ingredient is a backward-looking counterpart of the distinction between intended and merely foreseen consequences of an action:...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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Religious studies
Jahr: 2019, Band: 55, Heft: 2, Seiten: 215-234 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Wille Gottes
/ Das Böse
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus NBC Gotteslehre |
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| Zusammenfassung: | I develop a model of providence on which God brings about good states of affairs by means of evil states of affairs, but without intending the latter. The model's key ingredient is a backward-looking counterpart of the distinction between intended and merely foreseen consequences of an action: namely, a distinction between intended and merely foreseen means to an end. The model enables greater-good theodicies to avoid worries about whether a perfect being could intend evil. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412518000550 |