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    It is not the case that If agent causation is coherent, a negatively free will can cause action through irreducibly particular causal agency, undermining Premise 2's universality requirement and severing the path to autonomy.

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    • 1.Agent causation without universal principles is indistinguishable from random causal ruptures, undermining rational agency and intelligible action.
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    • 2.Negatively free will alone (mere absence of constraint) requires positive capacities to constitute autonomy; agent causation doesn't necessarily provide these.
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    • 3.Autonomy historically requires coherent integration with reasons and values, which presupposes the universal causal principles the argument rejects.
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    • 1.Agent causation allows particular agents to initiate causal chains without universal laws determining outcomes, enabling genuine alternative possibilities.
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    • 2.Negatively free will (absence of constraint) paired with agent causation permits autonomous action that escapes deterministic universality requirements.
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    • 3.If all causation must obey universal laws, no agent can be the ultimate originator of action, making autonomy metaphysically impossible.
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