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    Denying the damned any further libertarian freedom commit... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The problem of how someone could freely choose to remain in hell forever is not a problem for Augustinians.

    Denying the damned any further libertarian freedom commits Augustinians to theological compatibilism specifically about hell, creating an asymmetry requiring justification.

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    • 1.If God permanently removes libertarian freedom from the damned, He treats their agency differently than the saved, requiring theodicean explanation.
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    • 2.Compatibilism about hell without compatibilism elsewhere suggests freedom operates by different metaphysical rules in different states, needing justification.
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    • 3.Augustinian theology denies the damned redemptive possibility, making their unfreedom permanent—unlike temporary earthly unfreedom—creating a unique asymmetry.
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    • 1.Asymmetry alone doesn't require justification; God may legitimately treat the finally impenitent differently without explaining every metaphysical distinction.
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    • 2.The damned's unfreedom could derive from their own choices, not divine action, so no special theological position about hell's metaphysics becomes necessary.
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    • 3.Compatibilism about hell doesn't require general compatibilism if damnation involves a unique metaphysical state (e.g., spiritual death) justifying different freedom conditions.
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