Has Plantinga “buried” Mackie’s logical argument from evil?

In seeking to undermine Mackie’s logical argument from evil, Plantinga assumes that Mackie’s argument regards it as a necessary truth that a wholly good God would eliminate all evil that he could eliminate. I argue that this is an interpretative mistake, and that Mackie is merely assuming that the t...

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Main Author: Kraal, Anders (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2014
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 75, Issue: 3, Pages: 189-196
Further subjects:B Logical argument from evil
B problem of evil
B Alvin Plantinga
B John Mackie
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