Frank J Murphy
Biographic Data
| ID | 9266336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank J Murphy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank J |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy |
| SIGNATURE | MURPHY F J |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Carolina University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Unknowable worlds
This paper draws attention to the way free choice participates in the occurrence of what is usually called natural evil. While earthquakes are natural phenomena, they injure only those who have chosen to live in places where they occur. But if God could not foresee these choices, then God could not foresee much about the amount and distribution of natural evil. Combining a libertarian notion of freedom with a denial of middle knowledge allows God…
The Problem of Evil and a Plausible Defence
This paper argues that God may create and exist in any possible world, no matter how much suffering of any sort that world includes. It combines the traditional free will defence with the notion of an ‘occasion’ for good or evil action and limits God's responsibility to the creation of these occasions. Since no possible world contains occasions for more evil than good action, God is morally permitted to create any possible world. With regard to s…
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The Problem of Evil and a Plausible Defence
This paper argues that God may create and exist in any possible world, no matter how much suffering of any sort that world includes. It combines the traditional free will defence with the notion of an ‘occasion’ for good or evil action and limits God's responsibility to the creation of these occasions. Since no possible world contains occasions for more evil than good action, God is morally permitted to create any possible world. With regard to s…
Unknowable worlds
This paper draws attention to the way free choice participates in the occurrence of what is usually called natural evil. While earthquakes are natural phenomena, they injure only those who have chosen to live in places where they occur. But if God could not foresee these choices, then God could not foresee much about the amount and distribution of natural evil. Combining a libertarian notion of freedom with a denial of middle knowledge allows God…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Problem of Evil (2 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 work) · Denial (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work) · Existence of God (1 work) · Free will (1 work)