ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses in particular on whether there could be something wrong with the acts of Satanic tempting that take place in the temptations of Adam and Eve and Jesus. It considers that these two instances of Satanic tempting aren't wrong just because they are instances of tempting, that, more generally, no act is wrong just because it is an act of tempting. By engaging in a philosophical evaluation of the moral status of Satanic temptation, we learn that this central activity of the one who is sometimes thought to be the most fearsome of opponents is not the cause for alarm it might easily be taken to be. The chapter describes the practical significance of god reasons of Satanic temptation, arguing that, in many cases, those who believe in Satanic tempting ought not to feel as threatened by it as one might have thought they should.
