Robin Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3782732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Messiah College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Deterrence and Missed Opportunities
Major Gaps in Sterba's New Atheological Argument from Evil
In this essay, I first offer several scenarios where Sterba's argument based on the Pauline Principle fails: specifically, one in which we all consent to living an earthly life in some prior existence (prior-consent scenario), one in which the victims would approve of the evil being done to them for some greater good (would-approve scenario), and one that combines one of these two scenarios with the stipulation that the greater goods redound to t…
Peacekeeping works
Despite some harsh criticisms of United Nations (UN) peace operations, research demonstrates that many UN missions are successful, though evaluations depend on how success is defined. Even UN missions that fail in one or more aspects provide a net benefit to peace processes and help to save lives and alleviate human suffering. While an understanding of the flaws and limitations of peace operations can help improve the operations, some unfair crit…
Methodological Theism
As I define it, methodological theism is the position that,for the purposes of doing science (or empirical inquirymore generally), we should treat the world as if it weredesigned by God. Since methodological theism does notclaim that God is a scientific hypothesis, it is compatiblewith methodological naturalism, which says that oneshould only invoke natural entities in a scientifichypothesis. This constitutes a major difference betweenmethodologi…
Divine Action and Evolution
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Divine Action and Evolution
Methodological Theism
As I define it, methodological theism is the position that,for the purposes of doing science (or empirical inquirymore generally), we should treat the world as if it weredesigned by God. Since methodological theism does notclaim that God is a scientific hypothesis, it is compatiblewith methodological naturalism, which says that oneshould only invoke natural entities in a scientifichypothesis. This constitutes a major difference betweenmethodologi…
Peacekeeping works
Despite some harsh criticisms of United Nations (UN) peace operations, research demonstrates that many UN missions are successful, though evaluations depend on how success is defined. Even UN missions that fail in one or more aspects provide a net benefit to peace processes and help to save lives and alleviate human suffering. While an understanding of the flaws and limitations of peace operations can help improve the operations, some unfair crit…
Major Gaps in Sterba's New Atheological Argument from Evil
In this essay, I first offer several scenarios where Sterba's argument based on the Pauline Principle fails: specifically, one in which we all consent to living an earthly life in some prior existence (prior-consent scenario), one in which the victims would approve of the evil being done to them for some greater good (would-approve scenario), and one that combines one of these two scenarios with the stipulation that the greater goods redound to t…
Deterrence and Missed Opportunities
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work) · Atheism (1 work) · Beneficiary (1 work)