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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Reichenbach, Bruce R. Evil and a good God. New York : Fordham University Press, 1982 (OCoLC)565491530 Online version: Reichenbach, Bruce R. Evil and a good God. New York : Fordham University Press, 1982 (OCoLC)607673126 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bruce R Reichenbach |
| ISBN: | 0823210812 9780823210817 0823210804 9780823210800 |
| OCLC Number: | 9048868 |
| Notes: | "A Rose Hill book"--Cover p. 4. |
| Description: | xv, 198 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- Moral and natural evil -- The significance of evil -- The deductive argument from evil -- Is evil ever necessary to the good? -- The inductive argument from evil -- The theist's response -- Presuppositions -- Definitions -- Presuppositions -- Libertarianism -- Theodicy for moral evils -- Perfectly good moral agents and moral evil -- Causing and bringing about -- Persuasion and the quantity of moral evil -- Theodicy for natural evils -- Natural evils as punishment for wrongdoing -- Natural evils as necessary means to the good -- Argument from natural laws -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Must God create the best possible world? -- Is the notion "best possible world" meaningful? -- Conclusion -- Why is God good? -- God is good because of his nature -- Goodness and morally significant freedom -- God is good because he does and is disposed to do the good -- Objections and replies -- Conclusion -- Is God omnipotent or finite in power? -- What is omnipotence? -- The paradox of omnipotence -- Limits on God's power -- Can God limit himself? -- God as internally bounded in power -- Limits imposed by creation -- Conclusion -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Bruce R. Reichenbach. |
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