Abstract

Molinism implies that, for every possible agent _S_ in every possible circumstance _C_, there are true propositions like _that if S were in C, S would freely do A_. Thus Molinism implies that there are true _counterfactuals of freedom_. This chapter begins by responding to a single argument against the claim that there are true counterfactuals of freedom. But this response will lead to positive conclusions about—and even a new characterization of—Molinism itself. In particular, this chapter will conclude that Molinism's fundamental commitment is that the world is a certain way. And if the world is the way that the Molinist says it is, then a variety of counterfactuals of freedom are true—and true because of how the world is.