The doing/allowing distinction in the divine context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20312728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryan Kulesa (0000-0003-1678-1166, University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 302-312 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| 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/s0034412523000550 |
| OpenAlex | W4382934898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
The theist needs a conception of the distinction between doing and allowing because much of the literature focused on the problem of evil attempts to justify (via theodicy) or defend (via defence) God's allowing evil to occur. I present a counterfactual account of the doing/allowing distinction in the divine context and argue that, even if there are compelling objections to counterfactual accounts of the distinction in the human context, they do not work against such an account in the divine context. The counterfactual analysis to follow will allow the theist to plausibly claim that God does not ever bring about evil, which is crucial to some defences against the problem of evil. I conclude by defending my account against possible objections
Context (archaeology) · Counterfactual conditional · Counterfactual thinking · Epistemology · Problem of Evil · Theism · Theodicy · Free Will and Agency · History · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |