The problem of infant suffering

Andrew Chignell

doi:10.1017/S003441259800434X

The problem of infant suffering

Andrew Chignell

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The problem of infant suffering and death is one of the most difficult versions of the problem of evil, especially when we consider how God can be thought good to the infant victims by the infant victims. In the first portion of this paper, I examine two theodicies that aim to solve this problem but fail. In the final section, I argue that the problem can be better dealt with by maintaining not that God must redeem the suffering of such children, but that such children are not the sort of beings whose suffering God can or must redeem.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	205-217
Number of pages	13
Journal	Religious Studies
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S003441259800434X
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Religious studies
Philosophy

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