Swinburne on providence (Richard Swinburne's 'Providence and the Problem of Evil')

Authors
Gale, RM
Citation
Rm. Gale, Swinburne on providence (Richard Swinburne's 'Providence and the Problem of Evil'), RELIG STUD, 36(2), 2000, pp. 209-219
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Religion & Tehology
Journal title
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
ISSN journal
00344125 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
209 - 219
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-4125(200006)36:2<209:SOP(S'>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
My review of Swinburne's elaborate and ingenious higher-good type theodicy will begin with an examination of his argument for why the theist needs a t heodicy in the first place. After a preliminary sketch of his theodicy and its crucial free-will plank, its rational-choice theoretic arguments will b e critically scrutinized.