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    An aim is ultimate only if it would be pursued even when ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→In pursuing his own glory, God also pursues the creature's good as an ultimate aim

    An aim is ultimate only if it would be pursued even when not subordinate to a higher end; Edwards's framework denies this independence to creaturely good.

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    • 1.If all creaturely goods serve God's glory, they lack the independence required for true ultimacy.
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    • 2.An ultimate aim cannot derive its worth from another source; Edwards makes creaturely good derivative.
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    • 3.Only self-justifying purposes (needing no external validation) qualify as truly ultimate ends.
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    • 1.A good can be both subordinate to a higher end AND pursued for its own sake; these aren't mutually exclusive.
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    • 2.The definition of 'ultimate' as requiring complete independence is stipulative, not philosophically necessary.
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    • 3.Edwards could argue creaturely good is ultimate *within its proper sphere*, without absolute independence.
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