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    It is not the case that A will that cannot exercise itself except under the Idea of its freedom is free from a practical point of view.

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    • 1.Practical necessity of operating under the idea of freedom does not entail actual freedom, only an unavoidable cognitive stance.
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    • 2.Hume's bundle theory shows that what feels like autonomous self-legislation may be post-hoc rationalization of desires we did not choose.
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    • 3.A being constitutionally incapable of acting otherwise than as if free derives no genuine normative authority from that incapacity.
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    • 1.Strawson's Basic Argument shows that no agent can be ultimately responsible for actions caused by a character they did not themselves choose.
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    • 2.Kant's move from 'must presuppose freedom' to 'is bound by autonomy's laws' smuggles a normative conclusion from a merely descriptive necessity.
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    • 1.In engaging in practical endeavors (deciding what to do, holding oneself and others responsible), one is justified in holding oneself to all the principles that would bind an autonomous free will.
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    • 2.Rational agency can only operate by seeking to be the first cause of its actions.
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    • 3.The prescriptions, rules, laws, and directives that bind an autonomous free will are the principles of being a first cause of action.
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