NDLI: All too skeptical theism

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Hasker, William
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Skeptical theism contends that, due to our cognitive limitations, we cannot expect to be able to determine whether there are reasons which justify God’s permission of apparently unjustified evils. Because this is so, the existence of these evils does not constituted evidence against God’s existence. A common criticism is that the skeptical theist is implicitly committed to other, less palatable forms of skepticism, especially moral skepticism. I examine a recent defense against this charge mounted by Michael Bergmann. I point out that the Bergmannian skeptical theist is unable to determine concerning any event or feature of the world whether that feature or event is good or evil all-things-considered. Because of this the skeptical theist must abandon any attempt to act in such a way that the world becomes better rather than worse as a result. These, I claim, are seriously skeptical conclusions, and should cause us to be skeptical about skeptical theism itself.
Starting Page	15
Ending Page	29
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00207047
Journal	International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Volume Number	68
Issue Number	1-3
e-ISSN	15728684
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-08-07
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Skeptical theism Evidential argument from evil Inductive skepticism Moral skepticism Unjustified evil Philosophy of Religion
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy

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