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    Challenges→If compatibilism is true, then God's acting in the best way in every possible world does not undermine the freedom or moral assessability of God's actions.

    Therefore, divine necessary goodness satisfies compatibilism only if necessary nature counts as 'internal,' but this begs the question against libertarians who deny necessitated will is ever truly internal.

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    Divine necessary goodness(theology and metaphysics)
    The idea that God is good by necessity—meaning God cannot be anything other than good, rather than choosing to be good.
    Internal vs. external(The main disagreement among ancient commentators)
    Whether the active intellect exists within each individual person's mind (internal) or exists as a separate universal force that all humans tap into (external).
    Libertarianism (in philosophy of free will)(philosophy of free will)
    The view that humans have genuine free will and that this requires the ability to have done otherwise—incompatible with determinism.
    Necessitated will(philosophy of free will)
    A will or choice that is forced or determined by something else, leaving no alternative possibility.
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    (Listed alongside equivocation as an example of a fallacy that highlights important issues in real-life arguing)
    A fallacy also known as circular reasoning
    compatibilism(Offered as a response to the traditional problem of free will)
    The philosophical position that free will and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism being true

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