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The problem of evil is one of the most discussed topics in the philosophy of religion. For some time, however, there has been a need for a collection of readings that adequately represents recent and ongoing writing on the topic. This volume fills that need, offering the most up-to-date collection of recent scholarship on the problem of evil. The distinguished contributors include J.L. Mackie,...

and there not being Romans who are behaving virtuously is very different from there being Romans who are behaving wickedly. On the other hand, there being unhappy Mexicans and there being Romans who are behaving wickedly are states of affairs that are intrinsically bad. And their negations—there not being unhappy Mexicans and there not being Romans who are behaving wickedly—are not intrinsically good, for they do not entail the existence of any of the items on our good list. Good states of affairs
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