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" Evil and a good God / "
Bruce R. Reichenbach.
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BL
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957649
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b712019
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| Main Entry
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Reichenbach, Bruce R.
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Evil and a good God /\ Bruce R. Reichenbach.
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New York :: Fordham University Press,, 1982.
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1 online resource (xv, 198 pages)
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0585195668
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: 9780585195667
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0823210804
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0823210812
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9780823210800
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9780823210817
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| Notes
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"A Rose Hill book"--Page 4 of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Moral and natural evil -- The significance of evil -- The deductive argument from evil -- Is evil ever necessary to the good? -- The inductive argument from evil -- The theist's response -- Presuppositions -- Definitions -- Presuppositions -- Libertarianism -- Theodicy for moral evils -- Perfectly good moral agents and moral evil -- Causing and bringing about -- Persuasion and the quantity of moral evil -- Theodicy for natural evils -- Natural evils as punishment for wrongdoing -- Natural evils as necessary means to the good -- Argument from natural laws -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Must God create the best possible world? -- Is the notion "best possible world" meaningful? -- Conclusion -- Why is God good? -- God is good because of his nature -- Goodness and morally significant freedom -- God is good because he does and is disposed to do the good -- Objections and replies -- Conclusion -- Is God omnipotent or finite in power? -- What is omnipotence? -- The paradox of omnipotence -- Limits on God's power -- Can God limit himself? -- God as internally bounded in power -- Limits imposed by creation.
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Good and evil.
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Theodicy.
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Good and evil.
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RELIGION-- General.
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Theodicy.
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Good and evil.
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Theodicy.
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Theodicee.
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| Dewey Classification
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214
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BJ1401.R44 1982eb
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11.02bcl
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B972clc
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