The Problem of Animal Pain
Seiten
2024
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-27067-0 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-27067-0 (ISBN)
In this Element, atheists cite animal pain as compelling evidence against the existence of the loving God portrayed in the Judeo-Christian Bible. This Element engages the scientific literature in order to evaluate the validity of those claims and offers a theodicy of God's providential care for animals through natural pain mitigating processes.
In this Element atheists cite animal pain as compelling evidence against the existence of the loving God portrayed in the Judeo-Christian Bible. William Rowe, Paul Draper, Richard Dawkins and others claim widespread unnecessary suffering exists in nature and challenge theism with the Evidential Problem of Natural Evil. This Element engages the scientific literature in order to evaluate the validity of those claims and offers a theodicy of God's providential care for animals through natural pain mitigating processes.
In this Element atheists cite animal pain as compelling evidence against the existence of the loving God portrayed in the Judeo-Christian Bible. William Rowe, Paul Draper, Richard Dawkins and others claim widespread unnecessary suffering exists in nature and challenge theism with the Evidential Problem of Natural Evil. This Element engages the scientific literature in order to evaluate the validity of those claims and offers a theodicy of God's providential care for animals through natural pain mitigating processes.
1. Animal pain and the evidential problem of natural evil; 2. Theistic responses to animal suffering; 3. Pain perception across species; 4. Natural processes and animal behavior; 5. Re-evaluating the evidential problem of natural evil; References.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.01.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Elements in the Problems of God |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 138 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-27067-2 / 1009270672 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-27067-0 / 9781009270670 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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