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Religious Evil: The Basic Issues
Author(s) -
Kodaj Daniel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12323
Subject(s) - theism , argument (complex analysis) , problem of evil , moral evil , epistemology , philosophy of religion , philosophy , political ponerology , existence of god , chemistry , biochemistry
Abstract Religious evil is evil apparently caused or justified by religious beliefs or institutions. Religious evil is a significant issue both in applied ethics and in the philosophy of religion; in the latter area, it grounds a distinctive atheistic argument from evil. The two aspects of religious evil are interrelated in the sense that one's solution to the atheistic argument from religious evil predisposes one to specific approaches to the ethical problem of religious evil. The paper surveys the relevant literature and potential theistic defenses.