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200 10$aCan God be free?$b[electronic resource] /$fWilliam L. Rowe
210   $aOxford $cClarendon Press ;$aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (184 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-169) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aCan 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 contemp
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