The Problem of Animal Pain

By: Campbell, Victoria

In this Element atheists cite animal pain as compelling evidence against the existence of the loving God portrayed in the Judeo-Christian Bible. William Rowe, Paul Draper, Richard Dawkins and others claim widespread unnecessary suffering exists in nature and challenge theism with the Evidential Problem of Natural Evil. This Element engages the scientific literature in order to evaluate the validity of those claims and offers a theodicy of God's providential...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009478664
• ISBN13: 9781009478663
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"