Abstract
In his article ‘Doing, allowing, and the problem of evil’ recently published in this journal, Daniel Lim attempts to undermine the following claims with respect to God: (1) the doing-allowing distinction exists and (2) the doing-allowing distinction is morally significant. I argue that Lim’s attempt is unsuccessful, and that his understanding of divine providence has the unacceptable consequence of implying that God is the originator of evil.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 137-143 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | International Journal for Philosophy of Religion |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2018 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Philosophy
User-Defined Keywords
- Agent causation
- Allowing
- Divine providence
- Doing
- Free will
- Middle knowledge
- Problem of evil