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    It is not the case that If no best world exists, God's every choice is structurally deficient in this way, making perfect goodness unrealizable for God in such a scenario.

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Perfect goodness may mean creating good worlds according to wise principles, not necessarily selecting from a ranked ordering.
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    • 2.An infinite chain of better worlds (with no maximum) is metaphysically coherent and doesn't entail God's deficiency in actuating one.
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    • 3.A choice between equally good options needn't be deficient; God's free selection among comparable goods displays rather than undermines perfection.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Perfect goodness requires choosing the best available option; if no best exists, no choice can satisfy this requirement.
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    • 2.An omnipotent being capable of creating any world should be able to actualize a best world if one is logically possible.
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    • 3.A structurally deficient choice—one that fails to instantiate the best option—is incompatible with divine perfection.
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