As I discussed in Chapter 1, the fact that good people often have to endure great tragedies while the wicked often prosper without being punished challenges the concept that the omnipotent and benevolent God closely supervises human affairs. However, an even more serious challenge comes from the historical evils unleashed in the twentieth century—the two world wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam ...

In order to produce a beneficial result, professionals must sometimes cause harm to another human being. To capture this phenomenon, we introduce the construct of “necessary evils” and explore the inherent challenges such tasks pose for those who must perform them. Whereas previous research has established the importance of treating victims of necessary evils with interpersonal sensitivity, we ...

In his recent book Is a Good God Logically Possible? and article by the same name, James Sterba argued that existence of significant horrendous evils, both moral natural, is incompatible with God. He advances discussion invoking three requirements creating an analogy how just state would address such while protecting freedoms rights to which all are entitled. I respond argument has important am...

In this small volume in Bengali the author has successfully attempted to explain the rules of health to be observed in respect of the daily habits of a native of India. He dwells upon the importance of early rising and deals with such subjects as, bathing, meals, drink, smoking, recreation and rest, exercise, slsep, dress, need of sanitation in the dwelling-house, the cause and the prevention o...