Is It in My Power to Will to Have a Good Will?

Even if I cannot have a good will without God's help, perhaps I can with his help wish to have one. Augustine would see this as smuggling in Pelagianism through the back door. He would say that all human willing, whether first or second order, requires God's help If it is to choose the good reliably. With his help, we can turn away from earthly things and towards unchanging eternal goods. When we do so, our values are transformed and aligned with those of another community,. His society gives name to one of Christianity's greatest works: The City of God.