The evidential problem of evil

The suffering as a paradigmatic case of horrendous evil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2236-9937.2022v27p146-163

Keywords:

Evil, Irrationality, Rationality, Evidence, Fallibility, Skeptical Theism, Atheism, Agnosticism

Abstract

This paper discusses the scope of the so-called evidential problem of evil in the understanding of suffering as a case of horrendous evil. Basically, it is a matter of discussing in what sense suffering (for example, animal suffering) would be epistemically justified, which would avoid understanding that suffering as gratuitous evil and horrendous evil. This alternative is discarded.

Author Biography

Rafael Miranda-Rojas, Universidad Católica del Maule

Doctor en Filosofía, 2012, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Profesor de Filosofía, Universidad Católica del Maule.

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2022-09-09

How to Cite

Miranda-Rojas, R. (2022). The evidential problem of evil: The suffering as a paradigmatic case of horrendous evil. TEOLITERARIA - Revista De Literaturas E Teologias, 12(27), 146–163. https://doi.org/10.23925/2236-9937.2022v27p146-163

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Vol. 12 No. 27 (2022): A salvação e seus rostos: teopoéticas do mal e da redenção

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Artigos Temáticos

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