Challenges of Divine Determinism - A Philosophical Analysis

List of contents

Introduction; 1. A primer on divine determinism; 2. Divine determinism and free will: the consequence argument; 3. Divine determinism and free will: manipulation arguments; 4. Divine determinism and the author of sin objection; 5. Divine determinism and the blameworthiness objection; 6. Divine determinism and the free will defense; 7. God, determined agents, and love; 8. Divine commands, the divine will, and divine blame; Conclusion.

About the author

Peter Furlong is Professor of Philosophy at Valencia College, Florida. His work has appeared in journals including Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Faith and Philosophy, Res Philosophica, Sophia, and International Philosophical Quarterly, as well as in Aquinas's 'Disputed Questions on Evil': A Critical Guide (Cambridge, 2015).

Product details

• Authors: Peter Furlong
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108483025
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48302-5
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Philosophy, Nature & existence of God, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine