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I conclude this book by summarizing the two most crucial points for which I have argued.First, most perfect being theists take it for granted that the perfect being thesis, i.e. that God is the being than which no greater is metaphysically possible, entails the omni God thesis, i.e. that God is the omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent being. They should not. Perfect being theists should hold instead that the perfect being thesis entails the maximal God thesis, i.e. that God is the being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence. By doing so, they can undercut nearly all existing arguments against perfect being theism at once....
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I conclude this book by summarizing the two most crucial points for which I have argued.
First, most perfect being theists take it for granted that the perfect being thesis, i.
e.
that God is the being than which no greater is metaphysically possible, entails the omni God thesis, i.
e.
that God is the omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent being.
They should not.
Perfect being theists should hold instead that the perfect being thesis entails the maximal God thesis, i.
e.
that God is the being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence.
By doing so, they can undercut nearly all existing arguments against perfect being theism at once.
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