The Problem of Evil in Early Modern Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Problem of Evil in Early Modern Philosophy write by Elmar J. Kremer. This book was released on 2001-01-01. The Problem of Evil in Early Modern Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many distinct, controvertial issues are to be found within the labyrinthine twists and turns of the problem of evil. For philosophers of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centures, evil presented a challenge to the consistency and rationality of the world-picture disclosed by the new way of ideas. In dealing with this challenge, however, philosophers were also concerned with their positions in the theological debates about original sin, free will, and justification that were the legacy of the Protestant Reformation to European intellectual life. Emerging from a conference on the problem of evil in the early modern period held at the University of Toronto in 1999, the papers in this collection represent some of the best original work being done today on the theodicies of such early modern philosophers as Leibniz, Suarez, Spinoza, Malebranche, and Pierre Bayle.
Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil
Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil write by Jill Graper Hernandez. This book was released on 2016-05-05. Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil examines the concept of theodicy—the attempt to reconcile divine perfection with the existence of evil—through the lens of early modern female scholars. This timely volume knits together the perennial problem of defining evil with current scholarly interest in women’s roles in the evolution of religious philosophy. Accessible for those without a background in philosophy or theology, Jill Graper Hernandez’s text will be of interest to upper-level undergraduates as well as graduate students and researchers.
Evil in Modern Thought
Evil in Modern Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Evil in Modern Thought write by Susan Neiman. This book was released on 2015-08-25. Evil in Modern Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Whether expressed in theological or secular terms, evil poses a problem about the world's intelligibility. It confronts philosophy with fundamental questions: Can there be meaning in a world where innocents suffer? Can belief in divine power or human progress survive a cataloging of evil? Is evil profound or banal? Neiman argues that these questions impelled modern philosophy. Traditional philosophers from Leibniz to Hegel sought to defend the Creator of a world containing evil. Inevitably, their efforts--combined with those of more literary figures like Pope, Voltaire, and the Marquis de Sade--eroded belief in God's benevolence, power, and relevance, until Nietzsche claimed He had been murdered. They also yielded the distinction between natural and moral evil that we now take for granted. Neiman turns to consider philosophy's response to the Holocaust as a final moral evil, concluding that two basic stances run through modern thought. One, from Rousseau to Arendt, insists that morality demands we make evil intelligible. The other, from Voltaire to Adorno, insists that morality demands that we don't.
Ethics and the Problem of Evil
Ethics and the Problem of Evil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethics and the Problem of Evil write by Marilyn McCord Adams. This book was released on 2017-02-27. Ethics and the Problem of Evil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provocative essays that seek “to turn the attention of analytic philosophy of religion on the problem of evil . . . towards advances in ethical theory” (Reading Religion). The contributors to this book—Marilyn McCord Adams, John Hare, Linda Zagzebski, Laura Garcia, Bruce Russell, Stephen Wykstra, and Stephen Maitzen—attended two University of Notre Dame conferences in which they addressed the thesis that there are yet untapped resources in ethical theory for affecting a more adequate solution to the problem of evil. The problem of evil has been an extremely active area of study in the philosophy of religion for many years. Until now, most sources have focused on logical, metaphysical, and epistemological issues, leaving moral questions as open territory. With the resources of ethical theory firmly in hand, this volume provides lively insight into this ageless philosophical issue. “These essays—and others—will be of primary interest to scholars working in analytic philosophy of religion from a self-consciously Christian standpoint, but its audience is not limited to such persons. The book offers illustrative examples of how scholars in philosophy of religion understand their aims and how they go about making their arguments . . . hopefully more work will follow this volume’s lead.”—Reading Religion “Recommended.”—Choice
Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane
Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane write by Franklin Perkins. This book was released on 2014-05-23. Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict and division, to seek reconciliation between humankind and the world. Perkins provides rich new readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical discourse.
