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    An appeal to libertarian free will is problematic. — Carmelics
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    An appeal to libertarian free will is problematic.

    Problem of Evil
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    • No satisfactory account of the concept of libertarian free will is yet available.
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    • 1.Agent-causal accounts (Chisholm, O'Connor) provide coherent frameworks for libertarian free will grounded in substance causation.
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    • 2.The absence of consensus on a concept does not establish that the concept is incoherent or philosophically unusable.
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    • 3.Theists need only show libertarian free will is possible, not that a complete theory has been settled, for the defense to succeed.
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    • 1.Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense requires only the logical possibility of libertarian freedom, not a fully developed metaphysical account.
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    • 2.Demanding a complete theory before invoking a concept would invalidate most philosophical arguments, including compatibilist ones used against the defense.
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    But although these challenges are important, and may very well turn out to be right, it is fair to say, first, that it has not yet been established that there is no coherent conception of libertarian free will, and, secondly, that it is, at least, very doubtful that one can establish that there cannot be cases where some evil is logically necessary for a greater good that outweighs it without appealing to some substantive, and probably controversial, moral theory.

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