Are atheist worlds really the best?
Anti-theism is the view that God's existence would (or does) detract from the value of the world. A distinctive argument for anti-theism says that the very best atheist worlds are better than the best theist worlds. The reason for this is that it's possible to gain most or all of the benef...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2020
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Religious studies
Année: 2022, Volume: 58, Numéro: 2, Pages: 345-358 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Athéisme
/ Vorteil
/ Inconvénient
/ Question de l’existence de Dieu
/ Philosophie des religions
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion NBC Dieu |
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| Résumé: | Anti-theism is the view that God's existence would (or does) detract from the value of the world. A distinctive argument for anti-theism says that the very best atheist worlds are better than the best theist worlds. The reason for this is that it's possible to gain most or all of the benefits associated with theism in Godless worlds. For instance, worlds with a lesser god or several lesser gods can provide many of the benefits of theism without the associated disadvantages. While some work has been done to show that the advantages of theism can be had in atheist worlds, very little has been said regarding whether the disadvantages can simultaneously be avoided in such worlds. I aim to show that it is difficult to describe a possible atheist world where the benefits of theism obtain but the harms do not. I thus problematize this particular argument for anti-theism. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412520000499 |