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    It is not the case that The good of libertarian free will requires the possibility of moral evil.

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    • 1.God, being omnipotent, could have actualized a world where free agents always freely choose good, as Mackie argued in 'Evil and Omnipotence' (1955).
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    • 2.If such a world is logically possible, the necessity of permitting moral evil for the sake of free will collapses.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Plantinga's free will defense applies only to moral evil, leaving natural evil—earthquakes, disease, child suffering—entirely unexplained by appeals to human freedom.
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    • 2.A theodicy that accounts for only one category of evil while ignoring the other fails as a comprehensive defense of theism against the problem of evil.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A world with libertarian free will is better than one without it.
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    • 2.God would have good reason to create such a world.
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    • 3.Even God cannot ensure that no one with libertarian free will would ever choose moral wrongdoing.
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