The existence of evil in a world created by God raises very difficult questions to answer. Under the inspiration Thomistic philosophy, this article we face problem first all “from below”, trying understand meaning physical evils living nature, especially animals (pain, aggressive interactions). Secondly, thinking enormous amount moral human world, consider biblical faith original sin as illumin...

But any of the following or countless other statements reporting the existence of evils of certain kinds or in certain amounts or distributed in a certain way might be thought to be better suited for the job : E2. The world contains instances of suffering and immorality. E3. The world contains instances of suffering that do not result from human immorality. E4. Many animals suffer intensely for...

the state. Caring for the poor in hospitals and during home visits, individual physicians since the Enlightenment got involved in political reform movements, joining their voices to describe the evils of urbanization and industrialization. Other work has exposed the recent political fortunes of the medical profession itself and its struggles to achieve a healing monopoly. As the Porters point o...

A Refutation of Skeptical Theism David Kyle Johnson The evidential problem of evil suggests that our awareness of the existence of seemingly unjustified evils reduces the epistemic probability of God’s existence. Arguments to this effect have been most famously and successfully championed by William Rowe. 1 His defense of the argument has developed over the years, but the basics of the argument...

Introduction It was nearly 150 years ago that an association between perinatal events and brain injury was first reported, claiming that “the act of birth does occasionally imprint upon the nervous and muscular systems of the infantile organism very serious and peculiar evils” [1]. While a great deal is now known about this association and the pathophysiology behind it, the quantification of th...

But any of the following or countless other statements reporting the existence of evils of certain kinds or in certain amounts or distributed in a certain way might be thought to be better suited for the job : E2. The world contains instances of suffering and immorality. E3. The world contains instances of suffering that do not result from human immorality. E4. Many animals suffer intensely for...

As the nation's industrial complex grows, one of its attendant evils—environmental pollution—grows apace. Perhaps no segment of this complex grows more rapidly at present than the atomic energy industry. Responsible officials are gradually becoming aware of the potential for pollution of this new giant. The problem is complicated by security requirements and by virtue of the inability to sense ...

Abstract This article identifies an argument in Hobbes’s writings often overlooked but relevant to current philosophical debates. Political philosophers tend categorize his thought as representing consent or rescue theories of political authority. Though these interpretations have textual support and are understandable, they leave out one most compelling arguments – what we call the lesser evil...

In the practice of software analysis very few formal processes have been put to use. Success of most of the activites is dependent on the analysts’ understanding and interpretation. Especially areas like requirement analysis, class/object identification and class hierarchy design are plagued by evils of not having formal techniques. Formal Concept Analysis has presented itself as a good candida...