Bernáth, László and Kodaj, Dániel (2020) Evil and the god of indifference. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. ISSN 0020-7047
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Abstract
The evidential problem of evil involves a rarely discussed challenge, namely the challenge of defending theism against the hypothesis of a morally indifferent creator. Our argument uses a Bayesian framework and it starts by showing that if the only alternative to classical theism is naturalistic atheism, then fine-tuning can render theism virtually certain, even in the face of evil. But if the alternatives include the hypothesis of a morally indifferent creator, theism is defeated even if the fine-tuning premise is accepted. The resulting version of the evidential problem is unsolvable using the tools that are currently deployed by theists against evil.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion / filozófia, pszichológia, vallás > BA Epistemology / ismeretelmélet B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion / filozófia, pszichológia, vallás > BL Religion / vallás |
| Depositing User: | László Bernáth |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2020 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2023 06:59 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/114532 |
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