tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705190583378659608.post7033055431247980023..comments2023-11-13T03:52:13.643-05:00Comments on Pragmatism Refreshed: The Problem of EvilChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755575167245729981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705190583378659608.post-20228364304274145782010-07-25T10:21:24.096-04:002010-07-25T10:21:24.096-04:00Royce is addressing the problem of evil, although ...Royce is addressing the problem of evil, although taking deaths as a particular paradigm thereof. <br /><br />More specifically, he is talking about deaths that come as an "unwelcome empirical fact," the death of a still-young friend in particular. <br /><br />If such a friend dies after a wasting illness, we may speak of the death not as an evil but as a blessing. Nonetheless, it is then the wasting illness that is the evil to which a theodicy has to address itself, and Royce would presumably apply analogous thoughts.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755575167245729981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705190583378659608.post-32770952837845944342010-07-25T08:12:18.158-04:002010-07-25T08:12:18.158-04:00It seems to me that, in the quotations you provide...It seems to me that, in the quotations you provide, Royce addresses the problem of death, not the problem of theodicy. These are the same only if one regards every death as evil.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646656656732971583noreply@blogger.com