BACKGROUND Ethiopia has high prevalences of udder health problems including clinical and subclinical mastitis across production systems in different livestock species. Previous studies on udder health problems have largely focused on identification of mastitis causing microbial pathogens and associated risk factors. However, relatively little is known about the knowledge and beliefs of livestoc...

This study takes as its starting point the consensus in research on relationship between divine attributes and suffering Psalm 89 which holds that some of beliefs expressed verses 39–52 contradict those 1–38(53). In an attempt to address a related gap new supplementary way, comparative-philosophical perspective is offered regarding reasoning operative within Psalm’s associated religious languag...

In his recent version of the logical problem evil, James Sterba articulates several moral principles that, on assumption that God is morally perfect, seem to entail God’s non-existence. Such principles, however, only apply he a agent. I first argue against this by appealing work Mark Murphy before, secondly, suggesting an alternative way frame Sterba’s argument in terms divine love. One can dis...

“preventing an evil takes priority over securing an interest” and preferring the prohibition side is among discussions raised by usuli scholars and has been accepted as particular affirmative proposition; the said priority is known among islamic jurisprudents as “ preventing an evil takes priority over securing a benefit” in whose … is the contrast of evil and benefit. four interpretations of t...

According to the logical problem of evil, co-existence evil and theistic God who is considered be omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent impossible. The fact that our world contains evils invalidates existence God. A libertarian response this problem, free will defense, holds if actually has or could have a sufficient reason actualize containing evils, fails. This good reason, according might s...

This paper argues for the moral significance of the notion of an evil person or character. First, I argue that accounts of evil character ought to support a robust bad/evil distinction; yet existing theories cannot plausibly do so. Consequentialist and related theories also fail to account for some crucial properties of evil persons. Second, I sketch an intuitively plausible “affective-motivati...

Open theism is known for its greater logical precision, notion of an all­-perfect personal and temporal God, resulting ‘risky’ theodicy. In discussions on the argument from evil, world­-order value free moral agency have become crucial. One necessary elements life existence particular physical evils which there cannot be a good to justify them. Particularly problematic are horren...