A Compensatory Response to the Problem of Evil: Revisited

In this essay, I revisit the univocity thesis, Sterba’s analogy between God and a leader of politically liberal society, and, most fundamentally, whether existence horrendous evils is logically compatible with good God. concede that typical appeals to free will greater goods defenses block logical problem evil are not sufficient because they do adequately address all too much feature human existence. While acknowledging compensatory response suggested by several important philosophers, rely centrally on work Marilyn McCord Adams. so doing, defend thesis evils, given God’s capacity absorb, defeat, or engulf it.