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On James Sterba’S Refutation Of Theistic Arguments To Justify Suffering, Bruce R. Reichenbach
On James Sterba’S Refutation Of Theistic Arguments To Justify Suffering, Bruce R. Reichenbach
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In his recent book Is a Good God Logically Possible? and article by the same name, James Sterba argued that the existence of significant and horrendous evils, both moral and natural, is incompatible with the existence of God. He advances the discussion by invoking three moral requirements and by creating an analogy with how the just state would address such evils, while protecting significant freedoms and rights to which all are entitled. I respond that his argument has important ambiguities and that consistent application of his moral principles will require that God remove all moral and natural evils. This would …