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    It is not the case that Agents cannot be held morally responsible for trait-level cognitive tendencies that are products of evolutionary pressures largely invariant across persons and cultures.

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    • 1.Evolutionary origins explain trait etiology but don't determine current malleability; agents can still control cognitive tendencies through effort and practice.
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    • 2.Universal pressures don't erase individual variation; some agents resist shared biases better than others, making differential responsibility justified.
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    • 3.Holding agents responsible for evolutionary tendencies creates incentives for self-awareness and correction even if origins were involuntary.
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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires agents could have acted otherwise; universal evolutionary constraints eliminate meaningful alternative possibilities.
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    • 2.We don't blame individuals for traits beyond their control; evolutionary inevitability parallels genetic determinism in responsibility-negating ways.
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    • 3.Fair blame requires agents could have foreseen and corrected the tendency; universal biases make such individual correction practically impossible.
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