El problema del mal

Richard Swinburne

doi:10.5281/zenodo.4593908

Richard Swinburne University of Oxford, United Kingdom

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4593908

Abstract

Theism is the view that there is a God, omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good, a view shared by Christians, Jews and Muslims. The most powerful objection to theism has always been the objection that a perfectly good being would seek to prevent human suffering and wrongdoing, and an omnipotent being would be able to do so; and so, since humans suffer a lot, there can be no God. To rebut this objection the theist needs to explain why God, although omnipotent and perfectly good, would allow humans to suffer. To provide such an explanation is to provide what is called a ‘theodicy’. In this paper I shall offer my theodicy, a theodicy — as I shall illustrate — based on the teachings of Christ and their development in the Orthodox tradition.

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Richard Swinburne, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard Swinburne is a Fellow of the British Academy and Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford, UK. Doctor in Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Oxford. His main interests are in philosophy of religion, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of mind. Has published books as The Coherence of Theism (Oxford University Press, 2016); The Existence of God (Oxford University Press, 2004); Providence and the Problem of Evil (Oxford University Press, 1998); or, The Evolution of the Soul Oxford University Press, 1997). Contact: Oriel College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 4EW, United Kingdom. — (✉): richard.swinburne@oriel.ox.ac.uk.

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The Problem of Evil

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