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Title: | Theodicy on Trial | Authors: | Ooi, D | Issue Date: | Apr-2022 | Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | Citation: | Ooi, D (2022-04). Theodicy on Trial. Philosophia (United States). ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00493-0 | Abstract: | Moral anti-theodicists have posed a consequentialist argument against the theodical enterprise: that theodicies lead to harmful consequences in reality and that this should be sufficient reason to motivate abandoning the practise of theodicising altogether. In this paper, I examine variants of this argument and discuss several prominent responses from theodicists, including the separation thesis. I argue that while these responses are effective in resisting the global conclusion by the anti-theodicist, it still leaves the theodical enterprise vulnerable to a weaker version of the consequentialist critique. In response, I develop an account of ‘theodicies-of-embrace-protest’ which is able to preserve the meaningful strides made in traditional theodicies while taking seriously the criticisms of the moral anti-theodicists. I suggest that sceptical theism fits this bill. | Source Title: | Philosophia (United States) | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/228945 | ISSN: | 00483893 15749274 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11406-022-00493-0 |
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