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ISBN 10: 0198743955
ISBN 13: ‎ 978-0198743958
Author: Kevin Timpe, Daniel Speak 

Concerns both about the nature of free will and about the credibility of theistic belief and commitment have long preoccupied philosophers. In addition, there can be no denying that the history of philosophical inquiry into these two issues has been dynamic and, at least to some degree, integrated. In a great many cases, classical treatments of one have influenced classical treatments of the other–and in a variety of ways. Without pretending to be able to trace all the historical integrations of these treatments, there is no real question that these philosophical interrelations exist and are worthy of further exploration. In addition, contemporary discussions contain more than a few hints of suspicion that theistic belief is adversely affecting the purity of inquiry into contours of human free will.

Nevertheless, until now there has been no volume systematically exploring the relationship between religious beliefs and various accounts of free will in the contemporary domain. With a particular eye on how the former might be–either legitimately or illegitimately–affecting the latter, this collection fills an important gap in the current debate. Here, sixteen leading philosophers focus their attention on a crucial point of intellectual intersection, with surprising and illuminating results.

Free will and theism : connections, contingencies, and concerns 1st Table of contents:

1. The Runeberg Problem: Theism, Libertarianism, and Motivated Reasoning

Runebergs

The Data

Explaining the Data

Libertarianism as a Theistic Runeberg

Further Considerations

The Runeberg Problem

The ‘Wrong Runeberg’ Reply

The ‘Runebergs for Everyone!’ Reply

Taking Stock

2. Libertarianism and the Problem of Flip-flopping

Introduction

The Consequence Argument

Van Inwagen’s Flip-flopping

The Flip-flopping Problem

Libertarianism and Theism

Conclusion

3. The Cost of Freedom

Introduction

Free Will of What Sort?

Value Proposals

Taking a Measure

Problems

4. One Hell of a Problem for Christian Compatibilists

Metaphysics and Magic Tricks

Some Troubling Implications

Majestic Manipulation and Moral Responsibility

The Ultimate Test Case

A Clash of Fundamental Intuitions and a Final Option

What Should We Conclude?

5. Relative Responsibility and Theism

Introduction

Theism and the Control Condition

Theism and Manipulation

Competing Reconciliation Strategies

Choose Your Mystery

Conclusion

6. Libertarianism and Theological Determinism

The Conflict

Theistic Morality without Basic Desert

Libertarianism, Theological Determinism, and the Problem of Evil

Theological Determinism and our Relationship with God

Final Words

7. Against Theological Determinism

Introduction

Human Freedom and the Atheistic Argument From Evil

Theological Determinism and Divine Involvement in Moral Evil

Theological Determinism and the Confession of and Struggle against Sin

Theological Determinism and Divine–Human Relationships

Theological Determinism and the Doctrine of the Incarnation

Conclusion

8. Classical Theism has No Implications for the Debate between Libertarianism and Compatibilism

Introduction

Theism and Compatibilism

Theism and Libertarianism

Conclusion

9. Libertarianism as a Naturalistic Position

Libertarianism and animals

Libertarianism and Physics

Libertarianism and Methodology

10. Agent Causation and TheismMeghan Griffith

Overview

Identification Reductionism

Irreducible Freedom and Dynamic Agency

Volitionalism and the Practical Standpoint

Concluding Thoughts

11. Bringing about Perfect Worlds

Introduction

World Making

Predicting Perfect Worlds

Creating Perfect Predictors

A Weak Essentialist Objection to Unrestricted Actualization

A Molinist Objection to Unrestricted Actualization

The Impossibility Argument

Concluding Remarks

12. Divine Universal Causality and Libertarian Freedom

Introduction

Why DUC May Seem to Preclude Libertarian Freedom

The Compatibility of DUC and Libertarian Freedom

Ability to Do Otherwise

Ultimate Responsibility

DUC and Alternative Accounts of Divine Agency

13. Divine Conservation and Creaturely Freedom

Introduction

Physical Determinism and Physicalist Supervenience

Theological Determinism and Divine Conservation

Concurrentism, Occasionalism, and Creaturely Freedom

Conclusion

14. Reasons and Divine Action: A Dilemma

God as Rational Agent-Cause

The Dilemma

The Role of Reasons

Agent Causation and Reasons Explanation

Divine Action Reconceived

15. God’s Freedom, God’s Character

Introduction

Free Will and Moral Character

Divine Character, Reasons, and Volitions

Character, Inability, and the Compatibility Question

Conclusion

16. The Problem of God’s Immutable Freedom

The Freedom of the Immanent Trinity

Which God’s Freedom?

Volitionalism and Divine Praiseworthiness

Normative Freedom

What about the Compatibility Debate?

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