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    Plantinga's modal ontological argument shows that if maxi... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The ontological argument is unsound.

    Plantinga's modal ontological argument shows that if maximal greatness is possible, it is actual, and no parody replicates this modal structure with a coherent property.

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    • 1.Maximal greatness is coherent: it entails only logically compatible perfections like omnipotence, omniscience, and moral perfection.
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    • 2.If a property is possibly exemplified, S5 modal logic entails it's actually exemplified in at least one possible world.
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    • 3.Parody arguments fail because properties like maximal snootiness or maximal pizza-ness either lack coherence or aren't intrinsically evaluative.
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    • 1.The intuition that maximal greatness is possible begs the question: it presupposes the very conclusion the argument aims to establish.
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    • 2.Parodies using abstract or evaluative properties (maximal sexiness, maximal impressiveness) seem equally coherent and possible as maximal greatness.
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    • 3.S5's validity depends on metaphysical assumptions about modal accessibility that aren't obviously true and remain philosophically contested.
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