Problem of Evil

Name: Problem of Evil
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ISBN: 9780199543977

ISBN-10: 0199543976

ISBN-13: 9780199543977

Edition: 2008

Authors: Peter van Inwagen

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It is generally supposed that the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering, much of it truly horrible suffering, confronts those who believe in an all-powerful and benevolent Creator with a serious problem: to explain why such a Creator would permit this. Many reflective peopleare convinced that the problem, the problem of evil, is insoluble. The reasons that underlie this conviction can be formulated as a powerful argument for the non-existence of God, the so-called argument from evil: If there were a God, he would not permit the existence of vast amounts of trulyhorrible suffering; since such suffering exists, there is no God. Peter van Inwagen examines this argument, which…

Book details

List price: $38.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



The Problem of Evil and the Argument from Evil



The Idea of God



Philosophical Failure



The Global Argument from Evil



The Global Argument Continued



The Local Argument from Evil



The Sufferings of Beasts



The Hiddenness of God