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    Supports→Having the relevant freedom does not always require an ability to do otherwise in the present, but it does require an ability to have done otherwise at various times in one's life history with respect to character- or motive-forming acts.

    Agents with free will must be such that they could have done otherwise on some occasions of their life histories with respect to some character- or motive-forming acts by which they make themselves into the kinds of persons they are.

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    Character-forming acts(as used in ethics and philosophy of action)
    Actions that shape who you are as a person—like choices you make that develop your habits, values, and personality over time.
    Could have done otherwise(as a key requirement for free will)
    The idea that in a given situation, you had the real ability to choose a different action than the one you actually chose.
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    (as used in philosophical discussions of personal identity)
    The complete sequence of events and experiences that make up a person's life from beginning to end.
    Motive-forming acts(as used in ethics and philosophy of action)
    Actions that create or shape your desires, intentions, and reasons for doing things in the future.
    free will(Kant's practical resolution of the third antinomy)
    An exemption from the laws of nature; the power of doing and forbearing

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    A second account carries no implication that having the relevant freedom in the present always requires an ability to do otherwise in the present, though it does require an ability to do otherwise at various times in one’s life history. For according to Robert Kane, “Agents with free will . . . must be such that they could have done otherwise on some occasions of their life histories with respect to some character- or motive-forming acts by which they make themselves into the kinds of persons they are” (Kane 1998, 72). In a similar vein, James F. Sennett defends the free will of the saints in ...

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