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    It is not the case that Libertarian free will requires only that no agent directly determines the free action, not that no agent arranges conditions under which the action is freely performed.

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    • 1.If conditions are sufficiently arranged, the agent's response becomes predictable and causally necessitated, undermining freedom.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'direct determination' and 'arranging conditions' is conceptually unclear and potentially arbitrary.
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    • 3.Omniscient agents who arrange all conditions can predict outcomes with certainty, which seems incompatible with genuine libertarian freedom.
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    • 1.Free will requires agents act without coercion, not that their circumstances arise without any prior causation.
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    • 2.Parents arrange conditions for children's choices (education, values) yet we attribute moral responsibility to those choices.
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    • 3.Distinguishing direct determination from condition-arranging preserves free will while avoiding theological determinism problems.
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