God and inscrutable evil : in defense of theism and atheism / David O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, David, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Proof.

God.

Good and evil.

Atheism.

Theism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 273 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 1998.

Summary:

In this important new book, David O'Connor discusses both logical and empirical forms of the problem of inscrutable evil, perennially the most difficult philosophical problem confronting theism. Arguing that both a version of theism ("friendly theism") and a version of atheism ("friendly atheism") are justified on the evidence in the debate over God and evil, O'Connor concludes that a warranted outcome is a philosophical detente between those two positions. On the way to that conclusion he develops two arguments from evil, a reformed version of the logical argument and an indirect version of the empirical argument, and deploys both against a central formulation of theism that he describes as orthodox theism. God and Inscrutable Evil makes a valuable contribution to contemporary debates in the philosophy of religion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and index.

ISBN:

0847687635

0847687643

OCLC:

37432850