| Vorliegende Sprache |
eng |
| Hinweise auf parallele Ausgaben |
1737272660 Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe): ‡Ekstrom, Laura W.: God, suffering, and the value of free will |
| ISBN |
978-0-19-755641-2 |
| Name |
Ekstrom, Laura W. ¬[VerfasserIn]¬ |
| T I T E L |
God, suffering, and the value of free will |
| Verlagsort |
New York, NY |
| Verlag |
Oxford University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr |
2021 |
| 2021 |
| Umfang |
1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Reihe |
Oxford scholarship online |
| Notiz / Fußnoten |
Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 18, 2021) |
| Titelhinweis |
Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe): ‡Ekstrom, Laura W.: God, suffering, and the value of free will |
| ISBN |
ISBN 978-0-19-755644-3 ebook |
| Klassifikation |
211.8 |
| 214 |
| BL216 |
| Kurzbeschreibung |
For many of us, the issue of whether or not God exists is among the most perplexing and profound questions of our lives. Laura Ekstrom examines this issue in light of ubiquitous human suffering. When we survey the world, we observe an enormous amount of pain, including virtually unspeakable kinds of maltreatment and agony, many instances of which seem patently to be unfair, unearned, and pointless. In light of these observations, this book argues that it is reasonable to conclude that God does not exist. Ekstrom shows the power of arguments from evil for atheism, while giving a thorough critical examination of attempts to answer them. |
| 2. Kurzbeschreibung |
"This book focuses on arguments from suffering against the existence of God and on a variety of issues concerning agency and value that they bring out. The central aim is to show the extent and power of arguments from evil. The book provides a close investigation of an under-defended claim at the heart of the major free-will-based responses to such arguments, namely that free will is sufficiently valuable to serve as the good, or prominently among the goods, that provides a God-justifying reason for permitting evil in our world. Offering a fresh examination of traditional theodicies, it also develops an alternative line the author calls a divine intimacy theodicy. It makes an extended case for rejection of the position of skeptical theism. The book expands upon an argument from evil concerning a traditional doctrine of hell, which reveals a number of interesting issues concerning fault, agency, and blameworthiness. In response to recent work contending that the problem of evil is defanged since God's baseline attitude toward human beings is indifference, the book defends the essential perfect moral goodness of God. Finally it takes up the question of whether or not it makes sense to live a religious life as an agnostic or as an atheist"-- |
| 1. Schlagwortkette |
Theodizee |
| Willensfreiheit |
| ANZEIGE DER KETTE |
Theodizee -- Willensfreiheit |
| SWB-Titel-Idn |
1752991893 |
| Signatur |
E-Book Oxford EBS |
| Bemerkungen |
Elektronischer Volltext - Campuslizenz |
| Elektronische Adresse |
$uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197556412.001.0001 |
| Internetseite / Link |
Resolving-System |
| Siehe auch |
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