The Problem Of Evil: Seven Lectures - Softcover

Ernest Naville

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371321956 ISBN 13: 9780371321959

Publisher: HardPress, 2019

Synopsis

The Problem Of Evil: Seven Lectures by Ernest Naville is a comprehensive philosophical treatise that examines the problem of evil through a structured series of lectures. Naville defines Good as whatever ought to be, encompassing three related forms: duty (the moral law or conscience), joy (the heart’s fulfillment), and order (the rational intelligibility of reality). Evil is then understood as a disorder in the relations between beings and their destination, not a thing in itself. He rejects the view that Evil is either necessary or reducible to mere natural law, and instead argues for a single overarching Good grounded in the divine plan. Naville’s solution posits humanity’s fall as the origin of evil, presenting a theory of collective responsibility paired with individual accountability, and insisting that God is the guarantee and source of Good. The work further explores themes of liberty, habit, labour, prayer, and faith, and culminates in a program for moral action: convert the self and cooperate to promote the general good. Written for a broad audience, the lectures blend moral philosophy, theology, and reflections on human progress under Christian thought.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371321956
• ISBN 13: 9780371321959
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312