
The Free System Corollary
Responding to Abductive Problems of Evil
Peter J. Morgan(Author)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 13. August 2019
182 pages
978-1-5326-8622-1 (ISBN)
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Everyone has experienced pain. No one is immune from loss and suffering. With all of the evil in this world, how can anyone rationally believe in a good and loving God? People who believe in God experience intense evil, yet they still retain their faith, claiming that God helps them in times of need. Still others claim that this same evil is proof that God does not exist; that if God were real, he would limit the suffering. If you have ever thought that it seems that things should be a certain way, that you are inclined toward believing, or not believing, in God because of the existence of evil, you are part of the conversation of the abductive problem of evil.
This book does more than just explore what modern philosophers on both sides of the aisle have claimed about God and evil. It also illuminates an intricate world that is crafted for people having free will, for people who make moral choices. For it is within the realm of this intricate world that we may find the answers we seek.
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Eugene
United States
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978-1-5326-8622-1 (9781532686221)
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Peter J. Morgan teaches ethics and theology courses at Dallas Christian College and Southwestern Assemblies of God University's Harrison Graduate School. His doctoral work at Liberty University culminated with a dissertation focused on the abductive problem of evil. Peter has been married to Ann-Marie Morgan since 2002. Chicagoland natives, they and their three children, along with their Australian shepherd mutt, now reside in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Why the Problem of Evil?
- A Daily Dose of Abduction
- The Work Ahead
- Method of Approach
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Considerations of the Good
- The Call of Moral Obligation toward the Good
- Significant Freedom toward Choosing the Good
- Does God's Good Nature Eliminate His Freedom?
- Conclusions
- Chapter 3: Natural Law
- Rational Karmic Morality?
- Natural Law and Divine Humility
- Spiritual Complacency
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: The Free Will Defense
- J. L. Mackie
- Alvin Plantinga
- Conclusions
- Chapter 5: The Expanded Free Will Defense
- Bruce Russell
- Peter van Inwagen
- Conclusions
- Chapter 6: Inculpable Nonbelief
- Paul Draper
- Daniel Howard-Snyder
- Conclusions
- Chapter 7: Skeptical Theism
- Stephen Wykstra
- William Rowe
- Conclusions
- Chapter 8: The Free System Corollary
- The Free System Corollary Defined
- The Necessity of a Free System for Free Will
- Free Will in a Free System
- Challenges to the Free System Corollary
- Conclusions
- Chapter 9: Applying the Free System Corollary
- Addressing a Particular Case of Natural Evil
- Addressing a Particular Case of Moral Evil
- Conclusions
- Chapter 10: Conclusion
- Bibliography
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