Abstract
In a pair of recently published articles, Thomas Talbott has presented a carefully constructed case for universalism. He contends that from the principle(P3) Necessarily, God loves a person S (with a perfect form of love) at a time t only if God's intention at t and every moment subsequent to t is to do everything within his power to promote supremely worthwhile happiness in S, provided that the actions taken are consistent with his promoting the same kind of happiness in all others whom he also lovesand the propositions1. God exists2. God is both omniscient and omnipotent3. God loves every created person4. God will irrevocably reject some persons and subject those persons to ever-lasting punishmenta contradiction may be deduced. For given (P3), (3) entails5. For any created person S and time t subsequent to the creation of S, God's intention at t is to do all that he properly can to promote supremely worthwhile happiness in S.
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