God, the best, and evil
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | ix, 237 p.: ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199238798 0199238790 |
Index Number: | B972 |
CLC: | B972 |
Call Number: | B972/L286 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-234) and index. Introduction: Problems, concepts, and background theories -- God and worlds than which there are none better -- Divine choice from infinite hierarchies of creatable worlds -- World creation when there are prime worlds -- Empirical objections to theism, not based on evil -- Logical arguments from evil, against the existence of God -- Theodicy for two general truths about evil -- Evidential arguments from evil, against the existence of God. |