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    It is not the case that Occasionalism's attribution of all causal efficacy to God makes God the direct author of evil acts, undermining divine moral perfection.

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    • 1.Causing an act and being morally responsible for it are distinct: God can cause a creature's action while the creature bears moral responsibility.
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    • 2.Evil requires corrupted will or intention; God causing physical motions that constitute evil acts need not involve God's evil intention.
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    • 3.This objection assumes libertarian agency is necessary for moral responsibility, which occasionalists reject in favor of compatibilist accounts.
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    • 1.If God directly causes all events including evil acts, God bears full causal responsibility for those acts' moral character.
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    • 2.A morally perfect being cannot be the direct cause of evil acts, as this would constitute performing or willing evil.
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    • 3.Occasionalism commits to God as the sole causal agent, leaving no coherent way to absolve God of authorship of evil.
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