Author and Citation Information for "The Problem of Evil"
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@InCollection{sep-evil, author = {Tooley, Michael}, title = {{The Problem of Evil}}, booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy}, editor = {Edward N. Zalta}, howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/evil/}}, year = {2020}, edition = {{S}ummer 2020}, publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University} }
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@InCollection{sep-evil, author = {Tooley, Michael}, title = {{The Problem of Evil}}, booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy}, editor = {Edward N. Zalta}, howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2021/entries/evil/}}, year = {2021}, edition = {{W}inter 2021}, publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University} }