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2021 | 69 | 3 | 87-103

Article title

The Argument from Divine Hiddenness and Christian Love

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The Argument from Divine Hiddenness and Christian Love

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Abstracts

EN
In the paper it is argued that the conceptual resources of Christianity topple the hiddenness argument. According to the author, the variability of the divine love cast doubt on the soundness of Schellenberg’s reasoning. If we understood a perfect love as a maximal and equal concern and identification with all and for all, then a divine love would entail divine impartiality, but because of conflicts of interest between human beings the perfect, divine love cannot be maximal.
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Argument z Bożego ukrycia i chrześcijańska miłość W artykule argumentuje się, że konceptualne zasoby chrześcijaństwa obalają argument z ukryciu. Według autora zróżnicowanie Bożej miłości poddaje w wątpliwość słuszność rozumowania Schellenberga. Gdybyśmy rozumieli doskonałą miłość jako maksymalną i równą troskę oraz utożsamianie się ze wszystkimi i dla wszystkich, wtedy Boża miłość pociągałaby za sobą Bożą bezstronność, ale z powodu konfliktu interesów między ludźmi doskonała Boża miłość nie może być maksymalna.

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69

Issue

3

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87-103

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2021-09-24

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  • University of Delaware, USA

References

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Publication order reference

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