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Title: | On Quentin Meillassoux and the problem of evil |
Authors: | Mangion, Claude |
Keywords: | Analysis (Philosophy) Meillassoux, Quentin, 1967- Meillassoux, Quentin, 1967- -- Criticism and interpretation Philosophy, Modern -- 21st century Philosophers -- France Good and evil Good and evil -- Religious aspects Religion -- Philosophy |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | De Gruyter |
Citation: | Mangion, C. (2020). On Quentin Meillassoux and the problem of evil. Open Theology, 6(1), 118-131. |
Abstract: | The problem of evil and the injustice it brings out has a long history in western philosophy and it has been one of the core arguments against the existence of God as an all-powerful and all-good Being. In a number of texts Meillassoux agrees with this line of argument, but he also argues that atheism fails to take into account the injustice of evil. His central thesis is that while the existence of evil discounts the existence of the ‘revealed’ God, he proposes a messianic vision where we can hope for the arrival of a God who will have the power to rectify the injustices that have been committed. To justify the possible arrival of such a being Meillassoux describes the world as a contingent place such that things happen without a necessary reason. This explains why, in the past, novel and inexplicable situations (‘advents’) have arisen and, possibly, others might arise. One such possibility is the arrival of a God who will redeem all the injustices suffered within the world. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58183 |
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