A Nietzschean theodicy
A Nietzschean theodicy would claim that God has created the world exactly the way it is in order to produce morally autonomous agents in Nietzsche's sense: self-conscious moral subjectivists. Both atheism and a 'Nietzschean theodicy' make the same prediction: the world will appear to...
| Published in: | International journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media
2004
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| In: |
International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nietzsche, Friedrich 1844-1900
/ Morals
/ Autonomy
/ Theodicy
/ Agnosticism
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | A Nietzschean theodicy would claim that God has created the world exactly the way it is in order to produce morally autonomous agents in Nietzsche's sense: self-conscious moral subjectivists. Both atheism and a 'Nietzschean theodicy' make the same prediction: the world will appear to contain gratuitous evil. Thus, observation of apparently gratuitous evil is not evidence for or against either hypothesis. In the absence of any other evidence for or against theism, the most reasonable position is agnosticism. |
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| ISSN: | 0020-7047 |
| Contains: | In: International journal for philosophy of religion
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