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    It is not the case that Angela Smith's reasons-responsiveness model demonstrates that moral responsibility is exhausted by whether an action reflects an agent's rational agency and reasons-sensitivity.

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    • 1.Two agents with identical reasons-responsiveness may deserve different responsibility attributions based on their actual history of choices.
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    • 2.Responsibility appears to require actual control over specific actions, not merely general sensitivity to reasons.
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    • 3.The model cannot account for diminished responsibility through coercion, duress, or diminished capacity without additional normative principles.
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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires distinguishing agents from mere objects; only rational agency and reasons-sensitivity provide this distinction.
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    • 2.An agent who cannot recognize or respond to moral reasons cannot be held responsible regardless of other factors.
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    • 3.This model avoids unprovable metaphysical claims about libertarian free will while grounding responsibility in observable capacities.
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