Neo-Cartesianism and the expanded problem of animal suffering

Several well-known theodicies, whatever their merits, seem to make little sense of animal suffering. Here we argue that the problem of animal suffering has more layers than has generally been acknowledged in the literature and thus poses an even greater challenge to traditional Judeo-Christian Theis...

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VerfasserInnen: Halper, Phil (VerfasserIn) ; Williford, Kenneth (VerfasserIn) ; Rudrauf, David (VerfasserIn) ; Fuchs, Perry N. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2023
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2023, Band: 94, Heft: 2, Seiten: 177-198
weitere Schlagwörter:B Theodicy
B problem of evil
B Naturalism
B Neo-Cartesianism
B Animal Suffering
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Zusammenfassung:Several well-known theodicies, whatever their merits, seem to make little sense of animal suffering. Here we argue that the problem of animal suffering has more layers than has generally been acknowledged in the literature and thus poses an even greater challenge to traditional Judeo-Christian Theism than is normally thought. However, the Neo-Cartesian (NC) defence would succeed in defanging this Expanded Problem of Animal Suffering. Several contemporary philosophers have suggested that recent evidence either supports the NC view or at least should decrease our incredulity with respect to it. We discuss new evidence that undermines the NC position and thus reassert the gravity of the Expanded Problem.
ISSN:1572-8684
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-023-09875-0