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Thomism and the Problem of Animal Suffering

Author : B. Kyle Keltz
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725272806
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Thomism and the Problem of Animal Suffering written by B. Kyle Keltz and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of animal suffering is the atheistic argument that an all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good God would not use millions of years of animal suffering, disease, and death to form a planet for human beings. This argument has not received as much attention in the philosophical literature as other forms of the problem of evil, yet it has been increasingly touted by atheists since Charles Darwin. While several theists have attempted to provide answers to the problem, they disagree with each other as to which answer is correct. Also, some of these theists have given in to the problem and believe it entails that God is limited in certain ways. B. Kyle Keltz seeks to provide a classical answer to the problem of animal suffering inspired by the medieval philosopher/theologian Thomas Aquinas. In doing so, Keltz not only utilizes the wisdom of Aquinas, but also contemporary insights into non-human animal minds from contemporary philosophy and science. Keltz provides a compelling neo-Thomistic answer to the problem of animal suffering and explains why the classical God of theism would create a world that includes animal death.

Answering the Music Man

Author : B. Kyle Keltz
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725253380
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Answering the Music Man written by B. Kyle Keltz and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Barker, ex-preacher and co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, travels widely, arguing in debates and speaking on his beliefs that Christianity is false, God does not exist, and the Bible is filled with errors and mythology. He has been touted as one of America's leading atheists. Yet close examination of his arguments shows that Barker's reasons for disbelief are poorly reasoned and miss the mark as they are aimed at a mistaken caricature of Christian theism. Answering the Music Man exposes Barker's misunderstandings of Christianity and provides compelling answers to Barker's arguments.

Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil

Author : John R. Schneider
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108487602
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil by : John R. Schneider

Download or read book Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil written by John R. Schneider and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be of interest to college faculty and advanced students interested in the relationship between religion and science, particularly at Christian colleges and seminaries. Its value is to offer an innovative Christian theological approach to the daunting problem that Darwinian animal suffering poses to belief in God.

Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil

Author : Bryan Frances
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135096767
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil written by Bryan Frances and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suffering that is not coupled with any redeeming good is one of our world’s more troubling, apparent glitches. It is particularly vexing for any theist who believes that the world was created by a supremely morally good, knowledgeable, and powerful god. Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil: A Comprehensive Introduction is among the first book-length discussions of theistic approaches to this issue. Bryan Frances’s lucid and jargon-free analyses of a variety of possible responses to the problem of gratuitous suffering will provide serious students or general readers much material with which to begin an extended contemplation of this ancient and contemporary concern. The perfect size and scope for an introductory philosophy class’s discussion of the problem of evil and suffering, and deliberately crafted to be approachable by all interested readers, Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil is philosophy doing what it does best: serious, engaged, rigorous explorations of even the darkest truths. The book offers many useful pedagogical features, including chapter overviews and summaries, annotated suggested readings, and eight-eight discussion questions.

Nature Red in Tooth and Claw

Author : Michael Murray
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199237271
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Nature Red in Tooth and Claw written by Michael Murray and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those who believe in God often puzzle over how God could permit evil and suffering in the world. Nature Red in Tooth and Claw focuses specifically on non-human animal suffering, and whether or not it raises problems for belief in the existence of a perfectly good creator.

Suffering and the Sovereignty of God

Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 143351902X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Suffering and the Sovereignty of God written by John Piper and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2006-09-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few years, 9/11, a tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and many other tragedies have shown us that the vision of God in today's churches in relation to evil and suffering is often frivolous. Against the overwhelming weight and seriousness of the Bible, many Christians are choosing to become more shallow, more entertainment-oriented, and therefore irrelevant in the face of massive suffering. In Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, contributors John Piper, Joni Eareckson Tada, Steve Saint, Carl Ellis, David Powlison, Dustin Shramek, and Mark Talbot explore the many categories of God's sovereignty as evidenced in his Word. They urge readers to look to Christ, even in suffering, to find the greatest confidence, deepest comfort, and sweetest fellowship they have ever known.

God & the World of Insects

Author : Josh Shoemaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942614302
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book God & the World of Insects written by Josh Shoemaker and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viewed through the eyes of entomologists and scientists who believe in a Creator God, the chapters discuss the design, nature, and purpose of insects in the world while at the same time showing the beauty and diversity of insects.

Is a Good God Logically Possible?

Author : James P. Sterba
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030054691
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Is a Good God Logically Possible? written by James P. Sterba and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using yet untapped resources from moral and political philosophy, this book seeks to answer the question of whether an all good God who is presumed to be all powerful is logically compatible with the degree and amount of moral and natural evil that exists in our world. It is widely held by theists and atheists alike that it may be logically impossible for an all good, all powerful God to create a world with moral agents like ourselves that does not also have at least some moral evil in it. James P. Sterba focuses on the further question of whether God is logically compatible with the degree and amount of moral and natural evil that exists in our world. The negative answer he provides marks a new stage in the age-old debate about God's existence.

The Problem of Animal Pain

Author : T. Dougherty
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137443170
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The Problem of Animal Pain written by T. Dougherty and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal suffering constitutes perhaps the greatest challenge to rational belief in the existence of God. Considerations that render human suffering theologically intelligible seem inapplicable to animal suffering. In this book, Dougherty defends radical possibilities for animal afterlife that allow a soul-making theodicy to apply to their case.

Human and Animal Minds

Author : Peter Carruthers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198843704
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Human and Animal Minds written by Peter Carruthers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claims about consciousness in animals are often made in support of their moral standing. Peter Carruthers argues that there is no fact of the matter about animal consciousness and it is of no scientific or ethical significance. Sympathy for an animal can be grounded in its mental states, but should not rely on assumptions about its consciousness.

Sin

Author : Steven J. Jensen
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813230330
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Sin written by Steven J. Jensen and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the human soul is made for good, then how do we choose evil? On the other hand, perhaps the human soul is not made for good. Perhaps the magnitude of human depravity reveals that the human soul may directly choose evil. Notably, Thomas Aquinas rejects this explanation for the prevalence of human sin. He insists that in all our desires we seek what is good. How, then, do we choose evil? Only by mistaking evil for good. This solution to the difficulty, however, leads Aquinas into another conundrum. How can we be held responsible for sins committed under a misunderstanding of the good? The sinner, it seems, has simply made an intellectual blunder. Sin has become an intellectual defect rather than a depravity of will and desire. Sin: A Thomistic Psychology grapples with these difficulties. A solution to the problem must address a host of issues. Does the ultimate good after which we all strive have unity, or is it simply a collection of basic goods? What is venial sin? What momentous choice must a child make in his first moral act? In what way do passion, a habitually evil will, and ignorance cause human beings to sin? What is the first cause of moral evil? Do human beings have free will to determine themselves to particular actions? The discussion of these topics focuses upon the interplay of reason, will, and the emotions, examining the inner workings of our moral deliberations. Ultimately, the book reveals how the failure to maintain balance in our deliberations subverts our fidelity to the one true good.

The Blackwell Companion to The Problem of Evil

Author : Justin P. McBrayer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111860797X
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book The Blackwell Companion to The Problem of Evil written by Justin P. McBrayer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil presents a collection of original essays providing both overview and insight, clarifying and evaluating the philosophical and theological “problem of evil” in its various contexts and manifestations. Features all original essays that explore the various forms of the problems of evil, offering theistic responses that attempt to explain evil as well as discussion of the challenges facing such explanations Includes section introductions with a historical essay that traces the developments of the issues explored Acknowledges the fact that there are many problems of evil, some of which apply only to those who believe in concepts such as hell and some of which apply to non-theists Represents views from the various religious traditions, including Hindu, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim

Thomistic Existentialism and Cosmological Reasoning

Author : John F. X. Knasas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 081323185X
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Thomistic Existentialism and Cosmological Reasoning written by John F. X. Knasas and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reality

Author : Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781635489903
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Reality written by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange was one of the most prominent thomistic neoscholastic theologians of the early and mid-twentieth century. This volume is his attempt to summarize a philosophical and theological worldview by interpreting the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas and his successors: Reality is seen in light of the central doctrines of the Trinity, of Creation, and of the Incarnation of the Son as Jesus Christ, in Whom humankind is drawn into the life of the Triune God. Garrigou-Lagrange presents 24 thomistic theses as a lens through which to view salvation, the Sacraments, the Mother of the Redeemer, and the spiritual life whereby the divine image is restored in the soul. This work is of interest to any who wish to enhance their understanding of the Catholic theological tradition through an acquaintance with this major and often controversial figure.

Catholic Perspectives on Medical Morals

Author : Edmund D. Pellegrino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400925387
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Catholic Perspectives on Medical Morals written by Edmund D. Pellegrino and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVES AND CONTEMPORARY MEDICAL MORALS A Catholic perspective on medical morals antedates the current world wide interest in medical and biomedical ethics by many centuries[5]. Discussions about the moral status of the fetus, abortion, contraception, and sterilization can be found in the writings of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church. Teachings on various aspects of medical morals were scattered throughout the penitential books of the early medieval church and later in more formal treatises when moral theology became recog nized as a distinct discipline. Still later, medical morality was incorpor ated into the many pastoral works on medicine. Finally, in the contemporary period, works that strictly focus on medical ethics are produced by Catholic moral theologians who have special interests in matters medical. Moreover, this long tradition of teaching has been put into practice in the medical moral directives governing the operation of hospitals under Catholic sponsorship. Catholic hospitals were monitored by Ethics Committees long before such committees were recommended by the New Jersey Court in the Karen Ann Quinlan case or by the President's Commission in 1983 ([8, 9]). Underlying the Catholic moral tradition was the use of the casuistic method, which since the 17th and 18th centuries was employed by Catholic moralists to study and resolve concrete clinical ethical dilem mas. The history of casuistry is of renewed interest today when the case method has become so widely used in the current revival of interest in medical ethics[ll].

Answering Atheism

Author : Trent Horn
Publisher : Catholic Answers
ISBN 13 : 9781938983436
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Answering Atheism written by Trent Horn and published by Catholic Answers. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's New Atheists don't just deny God's existence (as the old atheists did) - they consider it their duty to scorn and ridicule religious belief. We don't need new answers for this aggressive modern strain of unbelief: We need a new approach. In Answering Atheism, Trent Horn responds with a fresh and useful resource for the God debate, based on reason, common sense, and more importantly, a charitable approach that respects atheists' sincerity and good will, making this book suitable not just for believers but for skeptics and seekers too. Meticulously researched, and street-tested in Horn's work as a pro-God apologist, it tackles all the major issues of the debate, including: -Reconciling human evil and suffering with the existence of a loving, all-powerful God -Whether the empirical sciences have eliminated the need for God, or in fact point to him -How atheists usually deny moral laws (and thus a moral lawgiver) in theory

The Age of Em

Author : Robin Hanson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191069663
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Age of Em written by Robin Hanson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model with the same connections on a fast computer, and you have a robot brain, but recognizably human. Train an em to do some job and copy it a million times: an army of workers is at your disposal. When they can be made cheaply, within perhaps a century, ems will displace humans in most jobs. In this new economic era, the world economy may double in size every few weeks. Some say we can't know the future, especially following such a disruptive new technology, but Professor Robin Hanson sets out to prove them wrong. Applying decades of expertise in physics, computer science, and economics, he uses standard theories to paint a detailed picture of a world dominated by ems. While human lives don't change greatly in the em era, em lives are as different from ours as our lives are from those of our farmer and forager ancestors. Ems make us question common assumptions of moral progress, because they reject many of the values we hold dear. Read about em mind speeds, body sizes, job training and career paths, energy use and cooling infrastructure, virtual reality, aging and retirement, death and immortality, security, wealth inequality, religion, teleportation, identity, cities, politics, law, war, status, friendship and love. This book shows you just how strange your descendants may be, though ems are no stranger than we would appear to our ancestors. To most ems, it seems good to be an em.