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    It is not the case that If compatibilism is coherent, an omnipotent being could causally determine the conditions from which a genuinely free choice flows without violating freedom.

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    • 1.If all conditions are causally determined by an omnipotent being, the agent lacks alternative possibilities—a requirement for genuine freedom.
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    • 2.Compatibilism conflates absence of external coercion with real freedom; ultimate origination of choice seems necessary for desert and moral responsibility.
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    • 3.An agent whose thoughts, desires, and reasoning are fully determined by another's will cannot authentically own those mental states as their own.
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    • 1.Freedom requires only that choices flow from the agent's own desires and reasoning, not that they be uncaused or undetermined.
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    • 2.An omnipotent being could design an agent whose internal processes reliably produce choices the agent authentically endorses.
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    • 3.Causal determination of preconditions differs morally from coercion, which bypasses the agent's deliberative capacities.
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