Causal determinism, if true universally, gives us no principled reason to abandon reactive attitudes toward agents like Plum, since the same determinism governs all cases including those we regard as paradigmatically responsible.

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Causal determinism(Metaphysics / philosophy of causation): The theory that present and future events are determined causally by their antecedents, rooted in the principle that all events have a sufficient cause that determines them. It excludes uncaused events but permits logically possible alternatives that are merely incompatible with the actual causal chain.
Paradigmatically responsible(as used in ethics): Cases that are the best, clearest examples of when someone is genuinely responsible for their actions—the gold standard instances we point to when defining responsibility.
Plum(subject of the thought experiment): A fictional character typically used in philosophy examples to test ideas about free will and moral responsibility.
Principled reason(as a philosophical standard): A consistent logical ground or justification based on an underlying rule or theory, rather than an arbitrary decision.

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