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    A world where agents can choose between moderate goods an... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The value of libertarian free will depends upon the range of actions open to the agent.

    A world where agents can choose between moderate goods and moderate evils still instantiates the morally significant freedom that justifies God's non-interference.

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    • 1.Moral agency requires meaningful choice between genuinely different options with real consequences for the agent.
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    • 2.Choices between moderate goods and evils preserve genuine alternatives without forcing trivial or illusory decisions.
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    • 3.God's justification for non-interference rests on respecting agent autonomy, which is satisfied by enabling real moral choice.
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    • 1.If God permits moderate evils when creating only moderate-good options is possible, God fails to minimize actual suffering.
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    • 2.Agents can exercise equal moral freedom choosing between good and better options as between good and moderate-evil options.
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    • 3.Theodicy requires explaining why God permits moderate evils; appealing to freedom doesn't address why that freedom includes evil.
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