The problem of evil and moral indifference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20311341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T J Mawson (0000-0003-2714-4736, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Tim Mawson |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-345 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412599004928 |
| OpenAlex | W2034833581 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In this paper, I argue that if the libertarian free will defence were seen to fail because determinism were seen to be true, then another solution to the problem of evil would present itself. I start by arguing that one cannot, by consideration of agents' choices between morally indifferent options, reach any conclusion as to these agents' moral qualities. If certain forms of consequentialism were false, determinism true, and if there were a God who chose to create this universe, then His choice would have been between such options. Consideration of the general nature of the universe God putatively chose to create would not then license any conclusion as His moral qualities
Chose · Consequentialism · Determinism · Epistemology · Free will · Law and economics · License · Moral evil · Political science · Problem of Evil · Sociology · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |