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    Divine freedom

    Topic: Religion

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    Short description: Property of a god having free will

    Divine freedom is the concept that God has free will.[1]

    One argument advanced against the concept of divine freedom is that it may contradict the principle of omnibenevolence, by limiting God's choices to only actions with perfectly good consequences.[2]

    According to saint Augustine of Hippo, since evil is absence of being and of perfection, the fact that God is the Highest does not limit His perfection, being, or freedom.

    References

    1. ↑ Rowe, William (2021), Zalta, Edward N., ed., "Divine Freedom", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2021/entries/divine-freedom/, retrieved 2022-04-28 
    2. ↑ "Freedom, divine". https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/freedom-divine/v-1. 

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