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    It is not the case that No one is ever morally responsible.

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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires only the capacity to respond to reasons, not access to alternative possibilities (Fischer & Ravizza, 1998).
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    • 2.Determinism is compatible with agents possessing robust reasons-responsiveness mechanisms that ground attributability.
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    • 3.Therefore, determinism does not eliminate moral responsibility, undermining P2 of the supporting argument.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.P3 invoking dialetheism is a non-sequitur: the truth of dialetheism is logically independent of claims about determinism and free will.
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    • 2.Introducing dialetheism without argument renders the supporting syllogism formally invalid, collapsing the argument's internal coherence.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires free will.
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    • 2.Free will involves access to alternatives in a way that is not compatible with determinism.
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    • 3.Dialetheism is true.
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