Evil and the god of indifference
The evidential problem of evil involves a rarely discussed challenge, namely the challenge of defending theism against the hypothesis of a morally indifferent creator. Our argument uses a Bayesian framework and it starts by showing that if the only alternative to classical theism is naturalistic ath...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2020]
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2020, Band: 88, Heft: 3, Seiten: 259-272 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Theismus
/ Das Böse
/ Gott
/ Indifferenz
/ Atheismus
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität NBC Gotteslehre |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Bayesianism
B problem of evil B Alternative theologies |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The evidential problem of evil involves a rarely discussed challenge, namely the challenge of defending theism against the hypothesis of a morally indifferent creator. Our argument uses a Bayesian framework and it starts by showing that if the only alternative to classical theism is naturalistic atheism, then fine-tuning can render theism virtually certain, even in the face of evil. But if the alternatives include the hypothesis of a morally indifferent creator, theism is defeated even if the fine-tuning premise is accepted. The resulting version of the evidential problem is unsolvable using the tools that are currently deployed by theists against evil. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-020-09747-x |