Frankfurt-style cases demonstrate that moral responsibility is compatible with the absence of alternative possibilities, severing the link between determinism and non-responsibility.

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Alternative possibilities(as what the agent supposedly lacks): The ability to have done something different—meaning you could have genuinely chosen a different action under the same circumstances.
Compatible (compatibility)(as used in free will debate): Able to exist or be true at the same time without contradiction, even if they seem to conflict at first glance.
Frankfurt-style cases(Central to debates about the relationship between moral responsibility and alternative possibilities.): Thought experiments designed to show that an agent can be morally responsible for an action even when the agent lacks the ability to do otherwise, typically involving a counterfactual intervener (like Black) who would ensure a particular outcome if the agent showed any inclination otherwise.
determinism(Discussion of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and general relativity): A property of physical theories concerning whether the laws governing a system fully fix future (and past) states given present conditions; admits of degrees ('fall only a bit short')

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