Nature Red in Tooth and Claw - Theism and the Problem of Animal Suffering

Zusatztext This book offers an overview of theistic attempts to reconcile the existence of the suffering of non-human animals with the exsistence of the God of classical theism -- the omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good creator of the world. It is clearly written and comprehensive... Over the course of his book, Murray develops a powerful argument. Informationen zum Autor Michael Murray is the Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor in the Humanities and Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, PA). He received his BA at Franklin and Marshall College, and his MA and PhD at the University of Notre Dame. He has held fellowships from the Institute for Research in the Humanities (Madison, Wisconsin), the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, and the Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Problems Of and Explanations for Evil 2: Neo-Cartesianism 3: Animal Suffering and the Fall 4: Nobility, Flourishing, and Immortality: Animal Pain and Animal Well-Being 5: Natural Evil, Nomic Regularity, and Animal Suffering 6: Chaos, Order, and Evolution 7: Combining CD's

Product details

• Authors: Dr Michael Murray, Michael Murray, Michael J. Murray
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2011
• EAN: 9780199596324
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959632-4
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Philosophy, Theology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Nature & existence of God, Ethics and moral philosophy, Animals and society, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine