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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. |
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