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    An action that is done with knowledge of decisive reasons... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Judging that a person is responsible for a bad action requires believing that the action either is, or derives from, an episode of genuine full-strength akrasia

    An action that is done with knowledge of decisive reasons against it, or that derives from such a knowingly-performed prior action, constitutes or derives from genuine full-strength akrasia

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    Decisive reasons(as a contrast to what Fischer and Ravizza say is NOT necessary for responsibility)
    Extremely strong reasons that would convince almost anyone to act a certain way—the kind of reason that would clearly point to what you should do.
    Knowledge of decisive reasons(ethics and philosophy of action)
    Actually understanding and being aware of the strong reasons you have to not do something—not just theoretically knowing them, but really grasping them.

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    full-strength akrasia(Used as the condition required for genuine moral responsibility for bad actions)
    An episode in which an agent acts against what they know to be decisive reasons, in full knowledge of every pertinent fact or norm
    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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    What must you think in order to judge that Bill, for example, is responsible for lying to his wife? You must think that at the time of action, either he knew that he had decisive reason not to lie, or if he did not know this, that his ignorance was the upshot of some prior bad action done in full knowledge of every pertinent fact or norm. You must think, in other words, that his bad action either is, or derives from, an episode of genuine, full-strength akrasia.

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