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    It is not the case that Morris's objection that unconditional commitment to two distinct beings is possible if their wills are necessarily harmonious should be discounted

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    • 1.The wills of distinct persons are necessarily opposable
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    • 2.Necessarily opposable wills undermine the claim that two distinct beings could have necessarily harmonious wills
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    • 1.Numerical distinctness between persons does not entail metaphysical independence of will, as Aquinas's relational account of Trinitarian persons demonstrates.
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    • 2.If two beings share a single divine nature (as in classical theism), their wills are grounded in that nature and cannot diverge, making necessary harmony coherent.
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    • 3.Unconditional commitment presupposes reliability of the committed-to being, and necessary harmony provides stronger reliability than contingent agreement.
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    • 1.Leibniz's pre-established harmony shows that distinct substances can have necessarily coordinated states without this coordination being logically incoherent.
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    • 2.If necessary harmony of wills is metaphysically possible for distinct beings, Morris's counterexample survives even if such harmony requires a shared ontological ground.
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