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It is not the case that A person who continues to sin forever would never achieve a state of full clarity.
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A being can possess full epistemic clarity about its situation while still freely choosing evil, as Lucifer is traditionally conceived to have done.
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Aquinas held that angelic sin occurred with complete intellectual apprehension, demonstrating that clear cognition is compatible with persistent, unrepented wrongdoing.
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Frankfurt-style cases demonstrate that an agent can identify deeply with a motivational structure—including a vicious one—without ambiguity or misperception distorting the will.
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A damned person who has achieved a stable, self-endorsed orientation toward evil possesses a form of volitional clarity, even if that clarity is directed at disordered ends.
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Given VanArragon's understanding of libertarian freedom, continuing to sin forever would require a perpetual context of ambiguity, ignorance, and misperception.
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