Weighing evils: the C. S. Lewis approach
It is often argued that the great quantity of evil in our world makes God’s existence less likely than a lesser quantity would, and this, presumably, because the probability that some evils are gratuitous increases as the overall quantity of evil increases. Often, an additive approach to quantifying...
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2007
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2007, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 81-88 |
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Gratuitous pain
B Evil B Adding pain B Suffering B Quantitative argument B C. S. Lewis |
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