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    It is not the case that The will is not compelled by a thing's being good.

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    • 1.When the intellect presents an object as absolutely and comprehensively good, the will is necessitated toward it, as Aquinas argues regarding the beatific vision.
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    • 2.If the will can be necessitated by a sufficiently complete presentation of goodness, then goodness itself—not merely the will's spontaneity—functions as a compelling cause in determinate cases.
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    • 3.Philip's claim conflates the general case of partial goods with the limiting case where goodness is total, undermining the universal scope of his conclusion.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Leibniz's principle of sufficient reason entails that the will's choice among goods must itself have a determining reason, which is ultimately the perceived superior goodness of the chosen object.
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    • 2.If the degree of perceived goodness is always the sufficient reason for volition, then goodness compels the will in the sense that no alternative could have been chosen given the same cognitive state.
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    • 1.The will is an appetite for the good, so whatever the will wills, it wills a good.
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    • 2.A thing's being good is a necessary condition for the will to will it, but not a sufficient condition.
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    • 3.A necessary condition alone does not compel an act.
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