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    It is not the case that The creation of free moral agents carries an inherent risk of ultimate tragedy.

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    • 1.A perfectly omniscient creator who foreknows all outcomes bears co-responsibility for the conditions making tragedy possible.
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    • 2.If God could create free beings who all freely choose salvation (as Leibniz's best possible world suggests), then tragedy is not inherent but chosen by the creator.
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    • 3.An omnipotent being who permits avoidable ultimate tragedy when alternatives exist cannot be absolved by appealing to creaturely freedom alone.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Compatibilist freedom, defended by Hume, Frankfurt, and Dennett, holds that genuine moral agency does not require the ability to act contrary to one's deepest nature.
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    • 2.If compatibilism is true, God could have created free moral agents whose characters are constitutively oriented toward the good, eliminating the risk of ultimate tragedy without compromising freedom.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Freedom and determinism are incompatible.
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    • 2.Free agents have the power to choose to separate themselves from God permanently.
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