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    It is not the case that God would have a good reason for creating a world with individuals who possess libertarian free will.

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    Reasons For

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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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    Reason for 2 of 2
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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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    Reasons Against

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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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