Predation, Pain, and Evil: Anti-hunting as Theodicy

The classical problem of natural evil holds that the suffering of sentient beings caused by natural processes is an evil for which a divinity is morally responsible. Theodicies either explain natural evil as a punitive imperfection in nature, which humans ought to avoid and/or purify, or as a consti...

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Main Author: Kowalsky, Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2017]
In: Studies in religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 489-510
Further subjects:B Nature
B Hunting
B l'éthique écologique
B la nature
B l'éthique humaine
B critical animal studiesthéodicée
B recherches critiques aux animaux
B Evil
B la prédation
B Theodicy
B Environmental Ethics
B humane ethics
B la chasse
B le mal
B Predation
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)