The problem of evil : new philosophical directions 9781498512077, 1498512070

This book engages the problem of evil from a variety of philosophical viewpoints, traditions, methodologies, and interes

558 50 1MB

English Pages 199 Year 2016

Report DMCA / Copyright

DOWNLOAD FILE

The problem of evil : new philosophical directions
 9781498512077, 1498512070

Table of contents :
Is pure evil possible? --
The problem of evil in the speculative mysticism of Meister Eckhart --
Evil by nobodies --
Pursuing Pankalia : the aesthetic theodicy of St. Augustine --
On the impossibility of omnimalevolence : Plantinga on Tooley's new evidential argument from evil --
Epistemic evil, divine hiddenness, and soul-making --
What the hell is God up to? : God's evils and active love in Schelling and Dostoevsky --
Redemptive suffering --
Predatory goodness in the discourse on evil among Anglo-American philosophers of religion.

Polecaj historie