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    It is not the case that A perfect being can exhibit special relational bonds while sustaining a universal, unconditional willing of the good for every created person without logical contradiction.

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    • 1.Special relational bonds typically involve prioritizing some persons' interests over others when resources or attention are finite—inconsistent with true universality.
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    • 2.If a being genuinely wills unconditional good for all equally, psychological realism requires this exhausts the agent's relational capacity without additional bonds.
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    • 3.Claiming distinction between universal willing and particular love merely relabels rather than resolves the apparent partiality embedded in special relationships.
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    • 1.Universal willing of good and particular love differ in object and mode: one targets all beings' flourishing, the other specific relational commitment.
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    • 2.A perfect being's infinite capacity allows simultaneous actualization of distinct intentional states without the zero-sum constraints limiting finite agents.
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    • 3.Special bonds need not involve preferential withholding of good; they can constitute differential expression of the same underlying unconditional commitment.
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