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Non-identity theodicy : a grace-based response to the problem of evil /

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Questions as personal as those about suffering require a very personal response. However, the most popular responses to "the problem of evil" revolve around abstract discussions of greater goods, maximization of value and best possible worlds, depicting God as at best an impartial bureaucr...

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Main Author: Vitale, Vincent Raphael, 1981- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford theology and religion monographs.
Subjects:
Theodicy.
Good and evil > Religious aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. A Framework for Theodicy. Introduction: The Problem of Horrendous Evils
  • The Ethics of Horror Inducement
  • Applying the Analogies: Causing for Pure Benefits
  • Applying the Analogies: Permission and Risk; Benefit Production and Harm Avoidance
  • High Fall Theodicy
  • Part II. Beyond the Framework. Non-Identity Theodicy
  • The Good of Life: How Much Moral Difference Does Non-Identity Make?
  • Conclusion: Distinctive Features of Non-Identity Theodicy.