This book discusses and exemplifies the philosophy of religion, or philosophical reflection on central themes of religion.
Introduction
1
(4)
Part I NATURAL ATHEOLOGY
5
(70)
The Problem of Evil
7
(2)
The Question: Why Does God Permit Evil?
9
(3)
Does the Theist Contradict Himself?
12
(12)
Can We Show That There Is No Inconsistency Here?
24
(5)
The Free Will Defense
29
(5)
Was It within God's Power to Create Any Possible World He Pleased?
34
(11)
Could God Have Created a World Containing Moral Good but No Moral Evil?
45
(4)
Transworld Depravity and Essence
49
(5)
The Free Will Defense Vindicated
54
(1)
Is God's Existence Compatible with the Amount of Moral Evil the World Contains?
55
(2)
Is God's Existence Compatible with Natural Evil?
57
(2)
Does the Existence of Evil Make It Unlikely That God Exists?
59
(16)
Other Atheological Arguments
65
(10)
Part II NATURAL THEOLOGY
75
(36)
The Cosmological Argument
77
(4)
The Teleological Argument
81
(4)
The Ontological Argument
85
(4)
Gaunilo's Objection
89
(1)
Anselm's Reply
90
(2)
Kant's Objection
92
(5)
The Irrelevance of Kant's Objection
97
(1)
The Argument Restated
98
(3)
Its Fatal Flaw
101
(3)
A Modal Version of the Argument
104
(2)
A Flaw in the Ointment
106
(2)
The Argument Restated
108
(3)
The Argument Triumphant
111
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