Faith and Philosophy

Volume 14, Issue 3, July 1997

William HaskerOrcid-ID
Pages 388-394

O’Connor on Gratuitous Natural Evil

David O’Connor has criticized my arguments for the conclusion that God’s existence is compatible with genuinely gratuitous natural evil. In this reply, I show that his own arguments fail to achieve their objective; in addition, I point out several respects in which he has misstated my position.