TY  - BOOK
AU  - Drees,Willem B.
TI  - Is nature ever evil?: religion, science, and value 
SN  - 0415290600
AV  - BD581 .I595 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Philosophy of nature
KW  - Nature
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Science
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Christian ethics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; This vale of tears - the best of all possible worlds?; Willem B. Drees --; PART I. NATURE, SCIENCE AND VALUE --; Criticizing the cosmos; Mary Midgley --; Response to Mary Midgley's 'criticizing the cosmos'; Silvia Vl���?ker --; Mary Midgley on science, nature, metaphysics and ethics: some comments; Hans Radder --; Mind and value: reflections on Max Weber; Joachim Leilich --; Moral relevance of naturalness; Tatjana Visak --; Experience of nature: a hermeneutic approach; Angela Roothaan --; Human interpretation and animal excellence; Peter Scheers --; PART II. EVIL EVOLUTIONARY JUSTIFIED? --; Naturalizing and systematizing evil; Holmes Rolston, III --; Cooperation or competition: comments on Rolston; Jacobus J. De Vries --; Rolston: a contemporary physico-theologian; Jozef Keulartz --; Are catastrophes in nature ever evil?; Jan Smit --; Contingency and risk: comment on Smit; Arthur C. Petersen --; Nature does not care indeed, but humans do: a commentary; Fred Spier --; Lisbon earthquake, 1755: a discourse about the 'nature' of nature; Claudia Sanides-Kohlrausch --; Tradegy versus hope: what future in an open universe?; Arnold Benz --; Tragedy versus hope? A theological response; Eduardo R. Cruz --; Cosmic fine-tuning, 'many universe' theories and the goodness of life; Neil A. Manson --; PART III. IMPROVING NATURE VIA CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY? --; Improvable nature?; John Hedley Brooke --; Victims of nature cry out; Leo P. Ten Kate --; 'Improvable nature?' Some meta-historical reflections; Henk G. Geertsema --; Is nature neutral? The concept of health; Kris Dierickx --; Nature good and evil: a theological palette; Philip Hefner --; Nature good and evil: a theological evaluation; Wessel Stoker --; Quest for perfection: insights from Paul Tillich; Eduardo R. Cruz --; Normativity of nature: natural law in a technological life-world; Mathew Illathuparampil --; Exploring technonature with cyborgs; Anne Kull --; PART IV. VALUES AS EXPLANATION OR VALUES EXPLAINED? --; Two forms of explanation; Keith Ward --; Two forms of explanation: a response to Ward; Martien E. Brinkman --; Two forms of explanation: a response to Ward; Ronald Meester --; Evaluation of natural reality: a watertight case?; Edwin Koster --; 'Ought' in a world that just 'is'; Lindon B. Eaves --; What values guide our oughts?; Angela Roothaan --; Normative relevance of disputes in primatology; Tatjana Visak --; Evolutionary views on the biological basis of religion; Nico M. Van Straalen; Jair Stein --; On pattern recognition, evolution, epistemology, religion and evil; Mladen Turk
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