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    It is not the case that A truly necessary being acts from the necessity of its own nature, not from contingent choices between alternatives that libertarian freedom requires.

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    • 1.Logical necessity of nature differs from causal constraint; the former may be compatible with genuine freedom.
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    • 2.Defining freedom as requiring choosability between alternatives begs the question against compatibilist accounts of freedom.
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    • 3.Necessity of nature might entail acting without external determination while still constituting authentic agency and choice.
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    • 1.Contingency implies dependence on external factors; a truly necessary being cannot depend on anything external to itself.
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    • 2.Libertarian freedom requires the ability to choose otherwise; but a necessary being cannot coherently have done otherwise.
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    • 3.Actions flowing from necessity of nature are more perfect than those requiring deliberation between alternatives.
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