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    Allowing intention to nullify obligation would let any ag... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Agents cannot avoid incurring an obligation to perform an action simply because they intend to perform that action poorly

    Allowing intention to nullify obligation would let any agent escape moral requirements by simply resolving in advance to act wrongly, producing a reductio of the escape route.

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    • 1.Moral obligations bind agents regardless of their prior mental states; otherwise duty becomes hostage to psychological manipulation.
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    • 2.If advance intention could eliminate obligation, agents could systematically precommit to wrongdoing and claim immunity—collapsing moral accountability.
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    • 3.Obligations track objective moral facts about actions, not subjective intentions; intentions cannot retroactively rewrite what's required.
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    • 1.Intention partly constitutes moral agency; acting from a resolved intention to do wrong differs morally from being compelled or coerced to act.
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    • 2.Distinguishing between blameworthiness and obligation is coherent—one might have obligations one cannot be blamed for violating under certain conditions.
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    • 3.The reductio assumes intention-escape works; but mature moral frameworks can reject the premise without accepting the consequentialist conclusion.
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