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    It is not the case that A genuine agent-causal relation requires the *substance* of the agent—not merely events within the agent—to be the originating source, a condition event-causal libertarianism by definition cannot satisfy.

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    • 1.Substance-causation is conceptually obscure; we have no clear understanding of how non-event entities could causally produce anything.
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    • 2.Events *are* what substances do; agency through event-causation doesn't reduce agents to epiphenomena but rather constitutes their causal power.
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    • 3.Responsibility requires the right causal history (reasons-responsiveness), not substance-level causation; event-causation satisfies this fully.
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    • 1.Event-causation describes changes in properties; agency requires a persisting entity that maintains identity across causing different actions.
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    • 2.Only substances possess the unity and continuity needed to be held responsible; events are too fleeting to ground moral accountability.
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    • 3.If only events cause actions, the agent itself becomes epiphenomenal—a passive locus where events happen rather than an active originator.
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