H. S. McCloskey

God and Evil

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

I. The Problem Stated: The Need for a Solution.- On the Need for Solutions to the Problem of Evil.- II. Evils: Past, Present and Future.- III. Ethical Presuppositions of the Problem of Evil.- The Theistic Theory.- Subjectivist, Non-Cognitivist Theories.- Other Attitude Theories.- The Privation Account of Evil.- Assessing the Privation Theory.- Evil as Unreal.- Conclusion.- IV. The Nature and Attributes of God.- God¿s Attributes as Literally Ascribed.- Non-Literal Accounts of God¿s Attributes.- God as a Person: His Personal Traits.- V. God as Finite and Imperfect: Worshipworthiness.- God as Finite in Power.- An Omnipotent God Who is Morally Imperfect.- A God Imperfect Both in Power and Goodness.- The Worshipworthiness of an Omnipotent, Omniscient, Good God.- VI. Must a World Created by an All-Perfect Being be Wholly Free of Evil?.- VII. The Best of All Possible Worlds.- VIII. The World as Good Over-All.- Section A. Solutions to the Problem Posed by Physical Evil.- Section B. Moral Evil.- Index of Proper Names.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-90-247-1604-3
• 1974.
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1974
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 213g
• ISBN-13: 9789024716043
• ISBN-10: 9024716047
• Artikelnr.: 21649745

Inhaltsangabe

I. The Problem Stated: The Need for a Solution.- On the Need for Solutions to the Problem of Evil.- II. Evils: Past, Present and Future.- III. Ethical Presuppositions of the Problem of Evil.- The Theistic Theory.- Subjectivist, Non-Cognitivist Theories.- Other Attitude Theories.- The Privation Account of Evil.- Assessing the Privation Theory.- Evil as Unreal.- Conclusion.- IV. The Nature and Attributes of God.- God's Attributes as Literally Ascribed.- Non-Literal Accounts of God's Attributes.- God as a Person: His Personal Traits.- V. God as Finite and Imperfect: Worshipworthiness.- God as Finite in Power.- An Omnipotent God Who is Morally Imperfect.- A God Imperfect Both in Power and Goodness.- The Worshipworthiness of an Omnipotent, Omniscient, Good God.- VI. Must a World Created by an All-Perfect Being be Wholly Free of Evil?.- VII. The Best of All Possible Worlds.- VIII. The World as Good Over-All.- Section A. Solutions to the Problem Posed by Physical Evil.- Section B. Moral Evil.- Index of Proper Names.