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    It is not the case that Compatibilist freedom, defended by Hume, Frankfurt, and Dennett, holds that genuine moral agency does not require the ability to act contrary to one's deepest nature.

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    • 1.Moral agency requires the capacity to recognize reasons and act otherwise—ability to do otherwise is necessary for genuine responsibility.
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    • 2.If one's deepest nature is itself determined by factors beyond one's control, acting from it doesn't constitute authentic agency or desert.
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    • 3.The compatibilist account cannot distinguish between a person acting freely and a sophisticated automaton whose outputs match our values.
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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires only that actions flow from one's own desires, beliefs, and reasoning—not from some external metaphysical source.
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    • 2.If we could act contrary to our deepest nature, our choices would be random rather than free, undermining moral agency rather than securing it.
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    • 3.We rightly hold people accountable for actions reflecting their integrated values, even if those values were shaped by prior causes.
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