RA030: Michael Hemmingsen on Soul-Making and Social Progress
Real Atheology
English - January 13, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 48 MB - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality atheism naturalism philosophyofreligion schieber theism watkins Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: RA029: Leibnizian Cosmological Arguments with Josh Rasmussen
In this episode, returning host Justin Schieber interviews Dr. Michael Hemmingsen on his 2020 paper titled Soul-Making and Social Progress which was published in the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. John Hick's Soul-Making theodicy, according to which suffering exists to provide opportunities to develop our moral virtue, is a popular response to the problem of evil. In his paper, Dr. Hemmingsen argues that advocates of John Hick's Soul-Making theodicy are thereby committed to opposing social progress.