The Free Will Defence

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God has ---- to bring about ----.
God has given up control over human actions to bring about a greater good.
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By ---- humans ----.
By giving up control, humans get free will.
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Now they can ---.
Now they can develop qualities that are valuable in themselves.
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We must be----.
We must be placed in situations that require a choice.
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We experience + see ---- to ----.
We experience + see pain to develop qualities.
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The possibility of developing ---- is the same as developing ----.
Possibility of developing good qualities is the same as developing bad qualities.
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Free will = ?
The:
Ability
Opportunity
Permission
(To do evil)
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Take any of these (previous) away and free will is?
Take any away and free will becomes an illusion.
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Locke's locked room analogy.
A man awakes in a locked room.
He decides to stay in the room (unaware that the door is locked).
The man doesn't have any freedom to choose as he cant get out either way.
He has no free will.
He believes he has made his own choice. he is ignorant.
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Premise 1.
It is ---- for a person to ----.
It is logically possible for a person to make free, good choices all the time.
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Premise 2.
God could've ---- so that they would only ----.
God could've created humans so that they would only make free, good choices.
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Premise 3.
God ----.
God did not do so.
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Which premise doesn't make sense + why?
Premise 2.
If god made humans to only make free, good choices then that is not really free will.
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Card 2

Front

By giving up control, humans get free will.

Back

By ---- humans ----.

Card 3

Front

Now they can develop qualities that are valuable in themselves.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

We must be placed in situations that require a choice.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

We experience + see pain to develop qualities.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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