Brute modalfacts that are explanatorily prior to an agent's deliberation constitute a form of manipulation structurally analogous to causal determination, as Fischer and Ravizza's reasons-responsiveness framework confirms.
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A form of practical reasoning in which an agent has some end and reasons to a sufficient means for achieving that end.
explanatorily prior(metaphysics and epistemology)
Coming first in a chain of explanation—if A is explanatorily prior to B, then A helps explain why B happened.
manipulation(Distinguished from forms of influence that would undermine free will or moral responsibility)
Influence exerted by one person on another through arguments, sales pitches, or subtle social pressures that causes the person to change their mind or act differently than they otherwise would have
modal(in logic and metaphysics)
Dealing with possibility and necessity—questions about what could be true, what must be true, and what's merely contingent (could go either way).