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Contents
Preface ix
Moral and natural evil xi
The significance of evil xii
1 The Deductive Argument from Evil 1
Is evil ever necessary to the good? 7
2 The Inductive Argument from Evil 25
The theist's response 31
3 Presuppositions 43
Definitions 44
Presuppositions 47
Libertarianism 50
4 Theodicy for Moral Evils 64
Perfectly good moral agents and moral evil 65
Causing and bringing about 74
Persuasion and the quantity of moral evil 76
5 Theodicy for Natural Evils 87
Natural evils as punishment for wrongdoing 88
Natural evils as necessary means to the good 96
Argument from natural laws 101
Objections 107
Conclusion 117
6 Must God Create the Best Possible World? 121
Is the notion "best possible world" meaningful? 122
Conclusion 128

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Publication Information: Book Title: Evil and a Good God. Contributors: Bruce R. Reichenbach - author. Publisher: Fordham University Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1982. Page Number: vii.
    
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