Omnipotence and necessary moral perfection are compatible: a reply to Morriston
In this paper, which is a reply to Wes Morriston's ‘Omnipotence and necessary moral perfection: are they compatible?’, I argue that, contrary to what Morriston suggests, a classical theist need not admit that omnipotence and necessary moral perfection are incompatible. Indeed, I shall argue tha...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Religious studies 2002-06, Vol.38 (2), p.215-223 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In this paper, which is a reply to Wes Morriston's ‘Omnipotence and necessary moral perfection: are they compatible?’, I argue that, contrary to what Morriston suggests, a classical theist need not admit that omnipotence and necessary moral perfection are incompatible. Indeed, I shall argue that a classical theist can show that an omnipotent being is of necessity morally perfect. |
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ISSN: | 0034-4125 1469-901X |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0034412502006017 |