ABSTRACT

Now suppose there is a divine being Thor who is in a position to actualize some world or other in the sequence from 0 to f. Let’s suppose that Thor possesses the traditional set of divine attributes including essential omniscience, essential omnipotence, essential moral perfection, and essential rational perfection. In (2.2) I present a model of a decision problem that Thor faces at any arbitrarily selected world wn. The model provides two options for Thor at each world wn. The options include actualizing wn or exchanging wn for a better world wn+1. I assume a standard of rationality familiar in contexts of dynamic choice. Since Thor is omniscient and omnipotent, we know that he has perfect foresight and perfect information.