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
COinS
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.