Sterba’s Problem of Evil vs. Sterba’s Problem of Specificity: Which Is the Real Problem?
In 2019 the noted ethicist and political philosopher James Sterba published a new deductive version of the argument from the problem of evil to the conclusion that an Anselmian God does not exist. In this article I will argue that Sterba’s argument involves a problematic sorites-type paradox that, i...
Main Author: | Michael S. Jones |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-11-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/11/1073 |
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