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    Supports→It is better that God create a world in which agents possess libertarian free will, even though they may misuse it, than a world where agents lack it.

    Because it is part of the definition of libertarian free will that a free action cannot be caused by anything outside of the agent, not even God can cause a person to freely do what is right.

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    Caused by something outside of the agent(as used in discussions of free will and determinism)
    Influenced or determined by factors beyond your control—like other people's actions, God's will, or physical laws—rather than originating from your own choices.
    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor
    free action(libertarian or leeway-based conception of freedom applied to both human and divine agency)
    An action performed freely only if the agent was free to perform the action and free not to perform it — it must have been up to the agent whether to perform or not perform the act

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    A second important approach to theodicy involves the following ideas: first, that libertarian free will is of great value; secondly, that because it is part of the definition of libertarian free will that an action that is free in that sense cannot be caused by anything outside of the agent, not even God can cause a person to freely do what is right; and thirdly, that because of the great value of libertarian free will, it is better that God create a world in which agents possess libertarian free will, even though they may misuse it, and do what is wrong, than that God create a world where age...

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