Thomism and the Problem of Animal Suffering - Couverture souple

Keltz, B. Kyle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1725272806 ISBN 13 : 9781725272804

Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2020

Synopsis

The problem of animal suffering is the atheistic argument that an all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good God would not use millions of years of animal suffering, disease, and death to form a planet for human beings. This argument has not received as much attention in the philosophical literature as other forms of the problem of evil, yet it has been increasingly touted by atheists since Charles Darwin. While several theists have attempted to provide answers to the problem, they disagree with each other as to which answer is correct. Also, some of these theists have given in to the problem and believe it entails that God is limited in certain ways. B. Kyle Keltz seeks to provide a classical answer to the problem of animal suffering inspired by the medieval philosopher/theologian Thomas Aquinas. In doing so, Keltz not only utilizes the wisdom of Aquinas, but also contemporary insights into non-human animal minds from contemporary philosophy and science. Keltz provides a compelling neo-Thomistic answer to the problem of animal suffering and explains why the classical God of theism would create a world that includes animal death.

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À propos de l'auteur

B. Kyle Keltz is assistant professor of English and philosophy at South Plains College. He has articles published in The Heythrop Journal, The Journal of Value Inquiry, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, and Sophia. He also contributed chapters to God and the World of Insects (2017).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf and Stock
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1725272806
• ISBN 13: 9781725272804
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
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