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    It is not the case that Conflating PAP's incompleteness with PAP's inadequacy commits a category error: necessary conditions are not expected to specify sufficient ones.

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    • 1.If PAP is incomplete regarding responsibility conditions, the incompleteness itself undermines its adequacy for normative purposes in ethics.
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    • 2.Distinguishing necessary from sufficient conditions doesn't resolve whether PAP actually captures what agents need for deserved moral responsibility.
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    • 3.The claim trades on ambiguity: 'category error' may mischaracterize legitimate concerns about PAP's explanatory scope and practical sufficiency.
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    • 1.Necessary conditions by definition need not be sufficient; conflating these distinct logical categories misunderstands basic modal semantics.
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    • 2.PAP aims to specify when agents deserve moral responsibility, not to exhaust all conditions for free action—a narrower, achievable goal.
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    • 3.Criticizing PAP for incompleteness while treating it as inadequate commits a fallacy: incompleteness doesn't entail failure at its intended function.
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