concern about that aspect of the problem of evil he calls subjectivism is a theme which is pervasive in his writing and which is the focus of this investigation. Subjectivism, as I define it for the purposes of this study, must be distinguished from the word subjective. The subjective refers to the subject’s attempt to respond to objects with thoughts, feelings and motives appropriate to those objects. The objects are points of reference by which thoughts, feelings and motives may be assessed and