Book contents
- The Challenges of Divine Determinism
- The Challenges of Divine Determinism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 A Primer on Divine Determinism
- Chapter 2 Divine Determinism and Free Will
- Chapter 3 Divine Determinism and Free Will
- Chapter 4 Divine Determinism and the Author of Sin Objection
- Chapter 5 Divine Determinism and the Blameworthiness Objection
- Chapter 6 Divine Determinism and the Free Will Defense
- Chapter 7 God, Determined Agents, and Love
- Chapter 8 Divine Commands, the Divine Will, and Divine Blame
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2019
- The Challenges of Divine Determinism
- The Challenges of Divine Determinism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 A Primer on Divine Determinism
- Chapter 2 Divine Determinism and Free Will
- Chapter 3 Divine Determinism and Free Will
- Chapter 4 Divine Determinism and the Author of Sin Objection
- Chapter 5 Divine Determinism and the Blameworthiness Objection
- Chapter 6 Divine Determinism and the Free Will Defense
- Chapter 7 God, Determined Agents, and Love
- Chapter 8 Divine Commands, the Divine Will, and Divine Blame
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
In this conclusion of the book, I begin by offering some advice on evaluating the positions of others, especially concerning what we might think of as their willingness to reject clear and obvious intuitions we have in the defense of their positions. I especially call attention to doing so in a way that suggests that all those who reject our intuitions about divine determinism must be willing to do anything to preserve irrational religious beliefs. Intuitions, of course, are not universally shared, and the willingness to accept what others view as implausible is not limited to religious issues. I close by reviewing the challenges to divine determinism that I have explored in this work, noting what I view as the best responses to each and highlighting those that I find the most problematic.
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- The Challenges of Divine DeterminismA Philosophical Analysis, pp. 217 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019