The historical record is filled with both acts of extreme moral evil and natural disasters. Does this record concerning the amount and kind of evil in the world provide grounds for ruling out the existence of an all-knowing\, all-powerful\, and wholly loving God? \; This perennial &ldquo\;problem of evil&rdquo\; has occupied philosophers and theologians since at least the early medieval period. \; It cannot be resolved without a conception of the divine nature\, of love\, of human freedom\, and of evil and its place in human life. \; Drawing on extensive work on all of these topics\, Prof Audi will present an approach intended to lay the groundwork for dealing with the problem.
\nRobert Audi is Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University and John A. O&rsquo\;Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame\, Indiana. His major work focused on epistemology\, ethics (especially ethical intuitionism)\, political philosophy\, religious epistemology and the philosophy of mind and action. Some of his recent books include: Moral Perception (Princeton UP\, 2013)\; Democratic Authority and the Separation of Church and State (Oxford UP\, 2011)\; Rationality and Religious Commitment (Oxford UP\, 2011)\; Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (Routledge\, 3rd ed\, 2010)\; Business Ethics and Ethical Business (Oxford UP\, 2009)\; Moral Value and Human Diversity (Oxford UP\, 2007)\; and The Good in the Right: A Theory of Intuition and Intrinsic Value (Princeton UP\, 2004). Prof Audi has served as president of the American Philosophical Association (Central Division\, 1987-1988) and is general editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (1995 and 1999\, 3rd edition forthcoming).
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