Compatibilist Freedom and the Problem of Evil

Gillett, Jennifer

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“…To be sure, some have tried to defend a compatibilist version of the free will defense (see Almeida 2017;Gillett 2018). However, I take it to be widely regarded by most philosophers that such efforts are doomed to fail.…”

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God’s Prime Directive: Non-Interference and Why There Is No (Viable) Free Will Defense

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2022

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In a recent book and article, James Sterba has argued that there is no free will defense. It is the purpose of this article to show that, in the most technical sense, he is wrong. There is a version of the free will defense that can solve what Sterba (rightly) takes to be the most interesting and severe version of the logical problem of moral evil. However, I will also argue that, in effect (or, we might say, in practice), Sterba is correct. The only working version of the free will defense requires embracing a view that entails consequences theists traditionally have not and cannot accept. Consequently, the one and only free will solution is not viable. Unless some other solution can be found (Sterba argues there is none), the logical problem of evil, as Sterba understands it, either commits one to atheism, or a version of theism that practically all theists would regard as a heresy.

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God’s Prime Directive: Non-Interference and Why There Is No (Viable) Free Will Defense

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Compatibilist Freedom and the Problem of Evil

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God’s Prime Directive: Non-Interference and Why There Is No (Viable) Free Will Defense

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