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Heavenly Freedom and Two Models of Character Perfection
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy.
Number of Authors: 12021 (English)In: Faith and Philosophy, ISSN 0739-7046, E-ISSN 2153-3393, Vol. 38, no 1, p. 45-64Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Human persons can act with libertarian freedom in heaven according to one prominent view, because they have freely acquired perfect virtue in their pre-heavenly lives such that acting rightly in heaven is volitionally necessary. But since the character of human persons is not perfect at death, how is their character perfected? On the unilateral model, God alone completes the perfection of their character, and, on the cooperative model, God continues to work with them in purgatory to perfect their own character. I argue that although both models can make sense of all human persons enjoying free will in heaven on various assumptions, the cooperative model allows all human persons in heaven to enjoy a greater degree of freedom. This consideration about the degree of heavenly freedom provides a reason for God to implement the cooperative model.

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2021. Vol. 38, no 1, p. 45-64
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-196803DOI: 10.37977/faithphil.2021.38.1.4ISI: 000683158700004OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-196803DiVA, id: diva2:1597634
Available from: 2021-09-27 Created: 2021-09-27 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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