A01=William Hunt
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Evil
Evil and God
free will
Free will and evil
Free-will theodicy
God
good
Huw Everett III
Language_English
many worlds
many-worlds interpretation
metaphysics
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philosophical theology
philosophy of religion
philosophy of theology
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Problem of evil
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quantum mechanics
quantum multiverse
religion
Resurrection
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Suffering
theology
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- ISBN 9781793634290
- Weight: 526g
- Dimensions: 164 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 25 May 2021
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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In Evil and Many Worlds: A Free-Will Theodicy, William Hunt presents a unique approach to explaining how God and evil can coexist despite the abundance of moral and natural evils blighting our world, which imply that an omnibenevolent God is unlikely to exist. This theodicy is based upon Huw Everett III's many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, whereby reality is not what it intuitively seems; instead, it is a multiverse comprising a vast number of universes, and we simultaneously exist in many of them. This multiplicity of existence results in a balance of moral good and evil across the multiverse, and through this, the expression of free will—an attribute valued by both persons and God— flourishes. The theodicy explains the coexistence of God and natural evil through the necessity of an evolutionary process that ensures the emergence of free-willed persons. Notwithstanding this universal perspective of Creation, a resurrection possibility would mitigate individual suffering resulting from this divine holistic strategy. Hunt examines this possibility in light of the many-worlds interpretation.
William Hunt is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion and the institute of philosophy at the University of London.
