The Problem of evil / edited by Marilyn McCord Adams and Robert Merrihew Adams.
| Other author | Adams, Marilyn McCord. |
| Other author | Adams, Robert Merrihew. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. |
| Description | viii, 230 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford readings in philosophy Oxford readings in philosophy. ^A226157 |
| Contents | Evil and omnipotence / J.L. Mackie -- Hume on evil / Nelson Pike -- The defeat of good and evil / Roderick M. Chisholm -- Divine goodness and the problem of evil / Terence Penelhum -- God, evil, and the metaphysics of freedom / Alvin Plantinga -- Middle knowledge and the problem of evil / Robert Merrihew Adams -- The problem of evil and some varieties of atheism / William L. Rowe -- The Humean obstacle to evidential arguments from Suffering: on avoiding the evils of 'appearance' / Stephen J. Wykstra -- Evil and the theistic hypothesis: a response to Wykstra / Willia L. Rowe -- Soul-making and suffering / John Hick -- Natural evil and the love of God / Diogenes Allen -- Horrendous evils and the goodness of God / Marilyn McCord Adams. |
| Abstract | The problem of evil is one of the most discussed topics in the philosophy of religion. For some time, however, there has been a need for a collection of readings that adequately represents recent and ongoing writing on the topic. This volume fills that need, offering the most up-to-date collection of recent scholarship on the problem of evil. The distinguished contributors include J.L. Mackie, Nelson Pike, Roderick M. Chisholm, Terence Penelhum, Alvin Plantinga, William L. Rowe, Stephen J. Wykstra, John Hick, and Diogenes Allen. Including an introductory essay and a selected bibliography, this comprehensive and completely up-to-date collection is an invaluable guide to current scholarship in this highly debated area of the philosophy of religion. Oxford Readings in Philosophy aims to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-227) and index. |
| LCCN | 90034004 |
| ISBN | 0198248679 |
| ISBN | 9780198248675 |
| ISBN | 0198248660 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780198248668 (pbk.) |