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The possibility of a free-will defence for the problem of natural evil
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In this paper, I consider various arguments to the effect that natural evils are necessary for there to be created agents with free will of the sort that the traditional free-will defence for the problem of moral evil suggests we enjoy - arguments based on the idea that evil-doing requires the doer to use natural means in their agency. I conclude that, despite prima facie plausibility, these arguments do not, in fact, work. I provide my own argument for there being no possible world in which ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Religious Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 23-42
- Publication date:
- 2004-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-901X
- ISSN:
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0034-4125
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- English
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- ora:1498
- Deposit date:
- 2008-03-14
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2004
- Notes:
- Citation: Mawson, T. J. (2004). 'The possibility of a free-will defence for the problem of natural evil', Religious Studies, 40(1), 23-42. {Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=RES].
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