Journal article
ON CHOOSING HELL
Abstract
The doctrine of hell has always been troublesome for philosophical theology and has particularly captured the attention of philosophers in the past decade. Those contemporary philosophers who defend the doctrine of hell inevitably argue that it is the result of free choice on the part of the damned. Richard Swinburne in his ‘Theodicy of Heaven and Hell’ says that ‘It is good that God should not let a man damn himself without much urging and …
Authors
SEYMOUR C
Journal
Religious Studies, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 249–266
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
September 1997
DOI
10.1017/s0034412597003880
ISSN
0034-4125