The “Dual Sources Account,” Predestination, and the Problem of Hell
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v13i1.3096Keywords:
hell, Dual Sources Account, free willAbstract
W. Matthews Grant's "Dual Sources Account" aims at explaining how God causes all creaturely actions while leaving them free in a robust libertarian sense. It includes an account of predestination that is supposed to allow for the possibility that some created persons ultimately spend eternity in hell. I argue here that the resources Grant provides for understanding why God might permit created persons to end up in hell are, for two different reasons, insufficient. I then provide possible solutions to these two problems, compatible with Grant's account overall, that help show why God might allow hell.
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