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Infant suffering: a response to Chignell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1999

DAVID BASINGER
Affiliation:
Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY 14624–1997
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Abstract

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In a recent article in this journal Andrew Chignell assesses attempts by Marilyn McCord Adams and Eleonore Stump to resolve the problem that infant suffering poses for theistic belief, concluding that while the theodicy of each is inadequate in its current form, both can be satisfactorily amended. I argue that (1) Chignell fails to show that the theodicy of either Adams or Stump is inadequate and that (2) since Chignell's revisions are based on assumptions about God and evil held by few, such revisions are of little value as responses to the actual challenge infant suffering poses for theistic belief.

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© 1999 Cambridge University Press