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X-WR-CALNAME:Robert Pasnau\, "Why Can’t Mary Sin?"
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \n\nSuppose there is an all-powerful being who has de
 cided that it is for the best that some perfectly ordinary human being sho
 uld be unable to sin. But—and this is the tricky part—that ordinary hu
 man being must also be meritorious in her actions.  Can someone be unable 
 to sin and yet be morally praiseworthy? Could even an all-powerful being b
 ring about that state of affairs? I will consider how William Ockham attem
 pted to answer those questions in the affirmative.\n\nReception to follow.
 \n\nRobert Pasnau’s research extends all across the field of philosophy\
 , but particularly concentrates on its history\, especially from the later
  Middle Ages into the early modern era. He is the editor of the Cambridge 
 History of Medieval Philosophy and the founding editor of Oxford Studies i
 n Medieval Philosophy. His most recent book\, based on his Isaiah Berlin l
 ectures at Oxford\, is After Certainty: A History of Our Epistemic Ideals 
 and Illusions (OUP 2017). He is a past-president of the American Philosoph
 ical Association\, and a fellow of the Paris Institute for Advanced Studie
 s.
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SUMMARY:Robert Pasnau\, "Why Can’t Mary Sin?"
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 sin
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