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‘Balancing out’ infant torture and death: a reply to Chignell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

NATHAN NOBIS
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, University of Rochester, Lattimore 532, River Campus, Box 270078, Rochester NY 14627
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Abstract

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In a recent article published in this journal, Andrew Chignell proposes some candidates for greater or ‘balancing out’ goods that could explain why God allows some infants to be tortured to death. I argue that each of Chignell's proposals is either incoherent, metaphysically dubious, and/or morally objectionable. Thus, his proposals do not explain what might justify God in allowing infants to be tortured, and the existence of infant suffering remains a serious problem for traditional theism.

Type
Research Article
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press