Title

Can a Libertarian Hold that Our Free Acts are Caused by God?

Department/School

Philosophy

Date

2010

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil20102712

Abstract

According to prevailing opinion, if a creaturely act is caused by God, then it cannot be free in the libertarian sense. I argue to the contrary. I distinguish intrinsic and extrinsic models of divine causal agency. I then show that, given the extrinsic model, there is no reason one holding that our free acts are caused by God could not also hold a libertarian account of human freedom. It follows that a libertarian account of human freedom is consistent with God’s being the source and cause of all being apart from himself, including the being of free human actions.

Volume

27

Issue

1

Published in

Faith and Philosophy

Citation/Other Information

Grant, W. Matthews. "Can a libertarian hold that our free acts are caused by God?" Faith and Philosophy 27, no. 1 (2010): 22-44. https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil20102712.

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