
On William Hasker’s Theodicy, the Doctrine of Continuous Creation and the Nature of Morality
Author(s) -
Dariusz Łukasiewicz
Publication year - 2022
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/rf2201.10
Subject(s) - theodicy , doctrine , philosophy , morality , epistemology , natural (archaeology) , order (exchange) , law and economics , theology , sociology , economics , history , archaeology , finance
In the article, I present the main assumptions of the natural-order theodicy and the free-will theodicy defended by William Hasker. Next, I pose the question of whether Hasker’s theodicies are compatible with the Christian doctrine of continuous creation accepted by Hasker himself. I consider several different ways of how the doctrine of continuous creation can be understood and the difficulties associated with them. Finally, I propose a modified conception of continuous creation and I claim that it is consistent with the main assumptions of William Hasker’s theodicies.