TY - JOUR
T1 - Evilism, moral rationalism, and reasons internalism
AU - Weaver, Christopher Gregory
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - I show that the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, and essentially omnimalevolent being is impossible given only two metaethical assumptions (viz., moral rationalism and reasons internalism). I then argue (pace Stephen Law) that such an impossibility undercuts Law’s (Relig Stud 46(3):353–373, 2010) evil god challenge.
AB - I show that the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, and essentially omnimalevolent being is impossible given only two metaethical assumptions (viz., moral rationalism and reasons internalism). I then argue (pace Stephen Law) that such an impossibility undercuts Law’s (Relig Stud 46(3):353–373, 2010) evil god challenge.
KW - Evidential problem of evil
KW - Evil god challenge
KW - Moral rationalism
KW - Reasons internalism
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U2 - 10.1007/s11153-014-9472-3
DO - 10.1007/s11153-014-9472-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84939878049
VL - 77
SP - 3
EP - 24
JO - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
JF - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
SN - 0020-7047
IS - 1
ER -