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Title: | Replying to the anti-God challenge: a God without moral character acts well | Contributor(s): | Forrest, Peter (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | DOI: | 10.1017/S0034412511000023 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9653 | Abstract: | Several authors, including Stephen Law in this journal, have argued that the case for an evil God is (about) as strong as for a good God. In this article I take up the challenge on behalf of theists who, like Richard Swinburne, argue for an agent of unrestricted power and knowledge as the ultimate explanation of all contingent truths. I shall argue that an evil God is much less probable than a good one. I do so by (1) distinguishing the analogical predication of 'good' or 'evil' of God from the literal predication, (2) interpreting 'acting in a morally good way' to mean 'acting like a good consequentialist', and (3) relying on an axiarchist thesis about agency that is congenial to theists and perhaps even presupposed by theism. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Religious Studies, 48(1), p. 35-43 | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1469-901X 0034-4125 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 220315 Philosophy of Religion | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 500316 Philosophy of religion | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280119 Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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