Open AccessThe Argument from Divine Hiddenness and Christian Love
Author(s) -
Jeff Jordan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
roczniki filozoficzne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2450-002X
pISSN - 0035-7685
DOI - 10.18290/rf21693-6
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , impartiality , soundness , philosophy , christianity , epistemology , identification (biology) , theology , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , botany , biology
In the paper it is argued that the conceptual resources of Christianity topple the hiddenness argument. According to the author, the variability of the divine love cast doubt on the soundness of Schellenberg’s reasoning. If we understood a perfect love as a maximal and equal concern and identification with all and for all, then a divine love would entail divine impartiality, but because of conflicts of interest between human beings the perfect, divine love cannot be maximal.