02848nam 2200625 a 450 991081861220332120230617010057.01-383-01386-11-281-34643-897866113464300-19-151348-21-4294-6920-X(CKB)1000000000403288(EBL)422728(OCoLC)476259167(SSID)ssj0000117150(PQKBManifestationID)12033621(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117150(PQKBWorkID)10042477(PQKB)11321542(Au-PeEL)EBL422728(CaPaEBR)ebr10266634(CaONFJC)MIL134643(MiAaPQ)EBC422728(EXLCZ)99100000000040328820040615d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCan God be free?[electronic resource] /William L. RoweOxford Clarendon Press ;Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (184 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-920412-8 0-19-825045-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-169) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. Leibniz on Divine Perfection and Freedom; 2. Clarke on Divine Perfection and Freedom; 3. Aquinas and the Infinity of Possible Worlds; 4. Jonathan Edwards on Divine and Human Freedom; 5. Must God Create the Best World?; 6. Divine Perfection and Freedom: The Contemporary Debate; 7. Can God Be the Cause of His Own Nature?; Bibliography; IndexCan God Be Free? is a penetrating study of a central problem in philosophy of religion: can it be right to regard God as free, and as praiseworthy for being perfectly good? Allowing that he has perfect knowledge and perfect goodness, if there is a best world for God to create he would have no choice other than to create it. But if God could not do otherwise than create the best world, he created the world of necessity, not freely, and we have no reason to be thankful to God. for creating us, since he couldn't do otherwise. William Rowe proposes the need for some substantial revision in contempGod (Christianity)AttributesGod (Christianity)GoodnessLibertyReligious aspectsChristianityGod (Christianity)Attributes.God (Christianity)Goodness.LibertyReligious aspectsChristianity.212/.7Rowe William L.1931-1691382MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818612203321Can God be free4067696UNINA