A prominent Christian apologist suggests it is inconsistent for an atheist to have a favourable attitude towards procreating while maintaining that a loving God would not place vulnerable beings in such a harmful world. I put this analogy to the test with a series of thought experiments, revealing crucial disanalogies between God and procreators that absolve the atheist from the charge of inconsistency and draw the reader's attention to the central issues on the problem of evil as debated by contemporary philosophers.
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Calif Polytech State Univ San Luis Obispo, Nanoeth Grp, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 USACalif Polytech State Univ San Luis Obispo, Nanoeth Grp, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 USA
Toth-Fejel, Tihamer
Dodsworth, Christopher
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Spring Hill Coll, Mobile, AL 36608 USACalif Polytech State Univ San Luis Obispo, Nanoeth Grp, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 USA
Dodsworth, Christopher
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS,
2009,
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Manhattanville Coll, Dept Philosophy, Purchase, NY 10577 USA
Univ St Thomas, St Paul, MN USAManhattanville Coll, Dept Philosophy, Purchase, NY 10577 USA