Answering the Theodicy Question

By John S. Pletz

The author proposes that an answer to the general theodicy question, which asks how a loving and all-powerful God could have created human beings and placed them into a world where so much suffering and evil could occur, can be found in three interrelated explanations that focus on the consequences of having certain shared key attributes.  Together they show why moral evil, natural evil and all other types of suffering that occur here would not be inconsistent with such a God.  If that is correct,the answer would meet the criteria not only for logical possibility but also for plausibility, thus providing rational support for belief in the omnibenevolence of an omnipotent God.

This book is approximately ffity-three pages long.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John S. Pletz
• Release date: Feb 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215744697

John S. Pletz

John S. Pletz received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley.  Following service in Colombia in the Peace Corps and in the U.S Air Force, he received a J.D. from the University of Missouri in Columbia.  He was Executive Director of the Missouri Elections Commission and Deputy Secretary of State for Missouri, following which he engaged in the private practice of law in Jefferson City.  His five previous books deal with ethics and epistemology.

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