Evil: a guide for the perplexed - Meister, Chad V. (London : Continuum, 2012)
Preface; Introduction; 1 What is Evil?; Moral evil; Natural evil; Degrees of Evil; Evil and suffering; 2 The Problem of Evil: Whose Problem is It?; What is the problem of evil?; Problems for theists; A problem for non-theists?; The problem of good; 3 The Logical Problem of Evil; The logical problem; The logical problem rebutted?; 4 The Free Will Defense; The function of a defense; The free will defense defended; A compatibilist response; 5 The Evidential Problem of Evil; Evidence and God; Evidential problems of evil; 6 Skeptical Theism; What is skeptical theism?; Moral objections to skeptical theism; Rethinking skeptical theism; 7 Theodicies; Augustine's free will theodicy; Hick's Irenaean soul-making theodicy; A recent process theodicy; On reconstructing theodicy: the best of the best; 8 Evil and Suffering in Hinduism and Buddhism; Hinduism, evil and suffering; Buddhism, evil and suffering; Thinking globally about evil and suffering; Conclusion; Glossary; Name Index; Subject Index.
Keywords: Good and evil -- Religious aspects.Philosophie.