Marilyn McCord Adams (October 12, 1943 – March 22, 2017) was an American philosopher and Episcopal priest.

[5] Adams was educated at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,[5] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (AB) degree.

She continued her studies at Cornell University, completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1967.

[7][10] In 2004, Adams moved to England where she had been appointed Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford.

[12] In 2009, after five years abroad, she returned to the United States to join the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a distinguished research professor of philosophy.

[7] She served at parish churches in Los Angeles, New Haven, Connecticut, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Trenton, New Jersey.

They conclude that God is left with the option of merely human penal systems – viz., liquidation or quarantine!