God, evil and the metaphysics of freedom

Vol 10, No 3 (2009) • Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy

Autor: André Nascimento Pontes, Ricardo Sousa Silvestre

Resumo:

This paper is a translation to Portuguese of the ninth chapter of Alvin Plantinga’s 1974 book The Nature of Necessity, in which the famous freewill defense for the problem of evil is presented in its most complete form. By making use of the theory of possible worlds developed in the previous chapters of the book, Plantinga engages in a recognizably successful attempt to show that the existence of evil is not inconsistent with the existence of an omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient being. In addition to the translation, we provide a brief introduction to Plantinga’s free-will defense and to the debate about God and evil in the analytic philosophy of religion.

ISSN: ISSN: 1984-8234

Texto Completo: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/5031

Palavras-Chave: problem of evil,free-will defense,possible wo

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