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    God would have a good reason for creating a world with in... — Carmelics
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    God would have a good reason for creating a world with individuals who possess libertarian free will.

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    • The world is a better place if it contains individuals who possess libertarian free will, rather than individuals who are free only in a compatibilist sense.
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    • 1.An omnipotent God could create beings with genuinely robust free will who are nonetheless reliably disposed toward good, as Plantinga's own 'transworld depravity' concept is not a logical necessity.
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    • 2.If no possible free creature is transworld depraved, God could actualize a world with libertarian free will and no moral evil, undermining the necessity of evil as a cost of freedom.
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    • 1.Libertarian free will requires the ability to do otherwise, but J.M. Fischer's work shows moral responsibility is compatible with determinism, making libertarian free will not uniquely valuable.
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    • 2.If compatibilist freedom suffices for genuine moral responsibility and authentic virtue, the purported axiological superiority of libertarian free will—and thus God's reason to prefer it—is unestablished.
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    Many people claim, however, that the world is a better place if it contains individuals who possess libertarian free will, rather than individuals who are free only in a sense that is compatible with one’s actions being completely determined. If this claim can be made plausible, one can argue, first, that God would have a good reason for creating a world with individuals who possessed libertarian free will, but secondly, that if he did choose to create such a world, even he could not ensure that no one would ever choose to do something morally wrong. The good of libertarian free will requires...
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    Validity: The passage explicitly states that if the claim about libertarian free will making the world better can be made plausible, "one can argue, first, that God would have a good reason for creating a world with individuals who possessed libertarian free will," directly linking the premise to the conclusion.

    Confidence: Clearly stated conditional argument in the text.

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