附註:"A Rose Hill book"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Moral and natural evil -- The significance of evil -- The deductive argument from evil -- Is evil ever necessary to the good? -- The inductive argument from evil -- The theist's response -- Presuppositions -- Definitions -- Presuppositions -- Libertarianism -- Theodicy for moral evils -- Perfectly good moral agents and moral evil -- Causing and bringing about -- Persuasion and the quantity of moral evil -- Theodicy for natural evils -- Natural evils as punishment for wrongdoing -- Natural evils as necessary means to the good -- Argument from natural laws -- Objections -- Conclusion -- Must God create the best possible world? -- Is the notion "best possible world" meaningful? -- Conclusion -- Why is God good? -- God is good because of his nature -- Goodness and morally significant freedom -- God is good because he does and is disposed to do the good -- Objections and replies -- Conclusion -- Is God omnipotent or finite in power? -- What is omnipotence? -- The paradox of omnipotence -- Limits on God's power -- Can God limit himself? -- God as internally bounded in power -- Limits imposed by creation.
