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    In pursuing his own glory, God also pursues the creature'... — Carmelics
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    In pursuing his own glory, God also pursues the creature's good as an ultimate aim

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    • 1.God's ultimate end is the communication of his internal glory 'ad extra'
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    • 2.The creature's happiness is part of that communication of glory, not separate from it
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    • 1.Kant's Formula of Humanity holds that rational beings must be treated as ends in themselves, never merely as means to another's self-realization.
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    • 2.A God who pursues creaturely happiness primarily as the outward expression of his own inner fullness treats creatures as vehicles for divine self-display.
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    • 3.Therefore, on rigorously non-eudaimonist ethical grounds, Edwards's God fails to genuinely adopt the creature's good as an ultimate rather than derivative end.
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    • 1.If the creature's good is only valued as a constituent of God's glory, it is instrumentalized, not pursued as an ultimate aim in its own right.
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    • 2.An aim is ultimate only if it would be pursued even when not subordinate to a higher end; Edwards's framework denies this independence to creaturely good.
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    In pursuing his own glory, God thus takes both himself and the creature's good as ultimate aims. Happiness consists in the knowledge and love of God, and joy in him. The creature's happiness is an ultimate end because it is included in God's ultimate end, namely, the communication of his internal glory “ad extra;” rather than being a means to God's glory, it is part of it.
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