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    It is not the case that In pursuing his own glory, God also pursues the creature's good as an ultimate aim

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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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    Reason for 2 of 2
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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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    • 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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