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    It is not the case that If God's willing is necessary and not free, as strict DDS demands, then divine commands lack the deontic authority required to ground moral obligation, as Wainwright and Quinn have argued.

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    • 1.Authority derives from power and rightness, not libertarian freedom; a necessary being can still authoritatively command.
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    • 2.Mathematical and logical truths are necessary yet binding; necessity needn't undermine normativity or prescriptive force.
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    • 3.Divine nature itself could ground deontic authority independent of God's freedom; perfection suffices to obligate creatures.
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    • 1.Moral obligation requires the obligator could have acted otherwise; necessity precludes this alternative possibility.
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    • 2.Authority to command presupposes the commander's free choice to bind others; determined willing cannot ground such authority.
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    • 3.If God must will X, then commanding X appears arbitrary rather than genuinely authoritative—mere expression, not obligation.
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