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ON CHOOSING HELL
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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