Friday 3rd May
Tom Daly Oration – an Oration in Honour of Fr Tom Daly, SJ
Dr Stephen Ames, Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne and an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Divinity
“How might Lonergan help us in addressing the problem of natural evil?”
Natural evil is a problem for belief in this world as created by an all-powerful, all-knowing, and wholly good God, in view of the terrible things that happen due to natural processes, e.g. tsunamis, genetic disorders, extreme weather events, all the suffering and death that is part of the evolution of life on this planet. Natural evil is distinguished from the evil that human beings do to each other and life on this planet. Many people cite this natural evil as why they do not believe in such a God. This paper answers the following question: How might Lonergan help us address this problem and the unbelief with which it is associated?
Video Audio (56m 53s)
Questions and discussion: Audio (25m 59s)