God, Suffering, and the Value of Free Will - Ekstrom, Laura W
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For many of us, the issue of whether or not God exists is among the most perplexing and profound questions of our lives. Laura Ekstrom examines this issue in light of ubiquitous human suffering. When we survey the world, we observe an enormous amount of pain, including virtually unspeakable kinds of maltreatment and agony, many instances of which seem patently to be unfair, unearned, and pointless. In light of these observations, this book argues that it is reasonable to conclude that God does not exist. Ekstrom shows the power of arguments from evil for atheism, while giving a thorough critical examination of attempts to answer them.…mehr

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For many of us, the issue of whether or not God exists is among the most perplexing and profound questions of our lives. Laura Ekstrom examines this issue in light of ubiquitous human suffering. When we survey the world, we observe an enormous amount of pain, including virtually unspeakable kinds of maltreatment and agony, many instances of which seem patently to be unfair, unearned, and pointless. In light of these observations, this book argues that it is reasonable to conclude that God does not exist. Ekstrom shows the power of arguments from evil for atheism, while giving a thorough critical examination of attempts to answer them.
Autorenporträt
Laura W. Ekstrom is Francis S. Haserot Professor of Philosophy at William & Mary. Ekstrom is the author of Free Will: A Philosophical Study (Westview Press, 1999) and the editor of Agency and Responsibility: Essays on the Metaphysics of Freedom (Westview Press, 2000). Her articles on free agency, autonomy, moral responsibility, chance, suffering, and compassion have appeared in journals including Synthese, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, American Philosophical Quarterly, Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, and Australasian Journal of Philosophy, as well as in edited collections published by such presses as Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press.