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    It is not the case that An action that admits of no alternative possibilities cannot be free in the morally relevant sense, even if performed without external compulsion.

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    • 1.Freedom relevant to morality might require only acting from one's own desires and reasoning, not metaphysical alternative possibilities.
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    • 2.If determinism is true, the 'alternatives' condition is impossible for anyone; yet we reasonably hold people morally responsible.
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    • 3.An agent who acts from stable character and reasoning demonstrates moral agency regardless of whether physics allowed different outcomes.
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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires the agent could have done otherwise; without alternatives, responsibility becomes meaningless punishment.
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    • 2.Determinism eliminates genuine alternatives; an action following necessarily from prior states wasn't truly chosen among options.
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    • 3.Desert-based justifications for punishment presuppose the agent possessed real choice; necessity undercuts this justification entirely.
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