Defeating the Evil-God Challenge - In Defence of God's Goodness

Why is belief in a maximally good god significantly more reasonable than belief in a maximally evil god? Defending the view that arguments from philosophical theology constitute a serious threat to the symmetry thesis, Jack Symes responds to and sets out a new solution to the evil-god challenge.Symes argues it is more reasonable to attribute goodness to the concept of god than it is to attribute evil, and therefore, we have reason to favour belief in a good god over an evil god. To this end, he examines the concepts of good god and evil god through three lenses of philosophical theology: perfect-being theology, creation theology, and revelation theology. Drawing from a breadth of material including metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, and epistemology, Symes develops a range of asymmetries that serve to undermine the symmetry thesis in favour of a good god. A theologically and philosophically nuanced engagement with the evil-god problem, it is the first book-length treatment to showcase the ways it can not only be solved, but that the solution is simple, modest, and compelling.>

Product details

• Authors: Jack Symes
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2024
• EAN: 9781350419285
• ISBN: 978-1-350-41928-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, Nature & existence of God, Philosophy of religion, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine