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This essay explores whether God’s attributes imply responsibility for evil in the world.

July 27, 2026Open Access

THE CASE OF CREATION. A Case File on the Responsibility of the Creator

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Essay examines divine attributes and their implications for responsibility regarding worldly evil, highlighting philosophical challenges.

This essay explores whether God’s attributes imply responsibility for evil in the world.
Reconstructs and tests defenses from classical theism, Christology, and modern philosophy.
Employs a legal case file analogy to frame arguments and counterarguments.
Examines works of Kant and the book of Job as foundational texts.
Poses that gratuitous creation cannot justify instrumental evil.
Argues that all theodicies contradict the gratuitousness of creation.
Concludes with a call for acknowledging an unfinished work and a suspension of judgement.

Jose Fernández Tamames (2026) studied this question.

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