O'Connor God, Evil and Design

An Introduction to the Philosophical Issues
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0129-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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Although vast and complex, the universe is orderly in many ways,and conditions at its beginning were right for the eventualevolution of life on this planet. But with life there is death, andwith sentient life there is great pain and suffering, often with noapparent justification or purpose. Taking these things together, isit reasonable to conclude that the universe was brought about byGod? Moreover, does the magnitude of seemingly pointless sufferingsquare with the idea that God exists, or is it good reason to thinkthere is no God? These questions come up for many people, not justreligious believers, and are examined in this engaging andthought-provoking book.
Starting out with no pre-disposition to theism, atheism, oragnosticism, God, Evil, and Design takes up thesequestions in order to see where an impartial investigation leads.To achieve impartiality, the reader is invited to simulateignorance insofar as his or her own religious preference isconcerned. With this approach, God, Evil, and Designprovides both a fresh look at important and controversial issues inphilosophy and an excellent introduction to the contemporarydebates surrounding them. Lively and non-technical, this book willbe accessible to anyone with an interest in these topics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Connor, David

O'Connor, David K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Part I: Introduction:.
1. What We Are Going to Investigate and How.
2. Terminology.
Part II: The Logic of God and Evil:.
3. Is the Existence of God Impossible?.
4. A Free-Will Defense of the Possibility that God Exists.
Part III: Design and Evil:.
5. Natural Order, Natural Selection, and Supernatural Design(1).
6. Natural Order, Natural Selection, and Supernatural Design(2).
Part IV: Evil and Design (1):.
7. Is the Existence of God Improbable?.
8. Skeptical Defenses.
9. Evaluating Skeptical Defenses.
Part V: Evil and Design (2).
10. Greater-Good Defenses.
11. Evaluating Greater-Good Defenses.
Part VI: Taking Stock:.
12. Taking Stock.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David O'Connor is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University, and the author of three books, including Hume on Religion (2001), God and Inscrutable Evil (1998) and The Metaphysics of G.E. Moore (1982).