The irrelevance of the No Best Possible World Defense |
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Authors: | Keith Chrzan |
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Institution: | (1) 7275 South Midland Avenue, 47201 Columbus, Indiana, USA |
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Abstract: | Conclusion Certainly NBPW can justify metaphysical evil, which is all Leibniz intended it to do. Probably, as suggested by Bruce Reichenbach,
NBPW can rebut an atheistic argument from the non-existence of the best possible world. It could even augment a GGD by defending
against a divine obligation to have created a “larger” world. But NBPW by itself cannot serve to derail the logical problem
of evil in any way whatsoever; theists must find refuge in a GGD if they are to find it at all. Lacking a GGD, NBPW is irrelevant;
given a GGD, NBPW is superfluous. |
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