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    It is not the case that In a no-best-world scenario, no world provides a sufficient reason for selection, since any candidate world is defeated by a better one.

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    • 1.A sufficient reason for selection need not require maximality—only that the selected world meets a threshold of acceptability or satisfies the selector's values.
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    • 2.The principle that every choice needs justification via comparison to alternatives may not apply to fundamental creative acts like existence itself.
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    • 3.Even if no best world exists, a world can still be sufficiently good to be actualized without requiring comparison to defeated alternatives.
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    • 1.A sufficient reason requires that the chosen option be preferable to alternatives. In an infinite ascending chain, no world satisfies this condition.
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    • 2.Without a maximal element, any world W1 selected over W2 appears arbitrary since a better W3 exists, violating the principle of sufficient reason.
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    • 3.Theistic cosmology requires God to have a reason for creation. If no world is best, God's choice lacks rational justification.
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