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    Supports→An omnibenevolent being and an omnipotent being cannot be identical, because their properties conflict.

    An omnibenevolent being, by the account defended by Eleonore Stump, has perfectly unified will such that no first-order desire toward evil can arise, eliminating the motivational plurality Frankfurt's account requires for full agential power.

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    Agential power(describing what kind of freedom or control is needed)
    A person's capacity to act freely and be genuinely responsible for their choices.
    Eleonore Stump(as a philosopher developing the ET-simultaneity relation)
    A contemporary American philosopher who specializes in medieval philosophy, logic, and philosophy of religion, and who works on problems about time and God's knowledge.
    First-order desire(as the lowest level of desire in Frankfurt's theory)
    A basic desire or want you have directly—like wanting to eat cake or wanting to sleep.
    Frankfurt's account(an alternative theory being compared to Stump's view)
    Philosopher Harry Frankfurt's influential theory about what it takes to have genuine free will and be a responsible agent.
    Motivational plurality

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    (a requirement in Frankfurt's theory that Stump's theory avoids)
    Having multiple, competing desires or reasons that pull you in different directions.
    Omnibenevolent(describing God's nature)
    Perfectly good in every way; having unlimited goodness and always acting in the best interests of others.
    Unified will(describing a quality of an omnibenevolent being's decision-making)
    When someone's desires and decisions all point in one direction without internal conflict or competing goals.

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