Is it wrong for God to create persons? A response to Monaghan
Some have put forward a normative principle that it is immoral and highly disrespectful to create free, rational creatures (like human beings) without their prior consent. (See, for instance, Monaghan in Int J Philos Relig 88(2):181–195, 2020) If true, this principle constitutes a new argument again...
| Published in: | International journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature B. V
2023
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| In: |
International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Existence of God
/ Creation
/ Ethics
/ Disregard
/ Theodicy
/ Evil
/ Theism
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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Logical problem of evil
B Creation ethics B Respect B Goodness of being B problem of evil B Disrespect B P. X. Monaghan B God B Evidential problem of evil |
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| Summary: | Some have put forward a normative principle that it is immoral and highly disrespectful to create free, rational creatures (like human beings) without their prior consent. (See, for instance, Monaghan in Int J Philos Relig 88(2):181–195, 2020) If true, this principle constitutes a new argument against the existence of God since it is logically impossible to acquire the consent of someone before they are created. Thus, God’s existence is taken to be incompatible with creating any persons. I shall examine this normative claim and show that it is not plausible. In the first place, it fails to meet three criteria that are commonplace to the “logical problem of evil.” In the second place, the principle has clear counterexamples that show many plausible exceptions that could justify God in creating persons. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Reference: | Kommentar zu "God* does not exist (2020)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-023-09862-5 |