Moral responsibility practices function effectively to shape behavior and reinforce norms regardless of metaphysical facts about determinism, needing no hidden contra-causal foundation.

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Contra-causal(as used in philosophy of free will): The idea that some actions can happen without being caused by anything prior—that we can make free choices that aren't determined by previous events.
Reinforce norms(as used in social philosophy): To strengthen and encourage the rules and expectations that a society or group agrees people should follow.
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')
metaphysical(Ayer's Logical Positivist usage): Language that purports to refer beyond the physical world and lacks empirical consequences, which Ayer classifies as not literally significant

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