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    It is not the case that Not just any causally undetermined, agent-caused, or randomly generated choice qualifies as a free choice for which the agent is morally responsible.

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    • 1.Frankfurt's hierarchical compatibilism shows moral responsibility requires only that an agent acts from desires they reflectively endorse, not rational capacity benchmarks.
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    • 2.Imposing rationality thresholds as preconditions for moral responsibility conflates epistemic competence with the volitional structure that actually grounds accountability.
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    • 1.P.F. Strawson's reactive attitudes account grounds moral responsibility in interpersonal relationships of holding and being held to account, not in agent-internal rational capacities.
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    • 2.A capacity-based filter for free choice smuggles in a performance standard that Strawson's framework explicitly rejects as irrelevant to the participant stance.
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    • Moral freedom requires a minimal degree of rationality on the part of the choosing agent, including an ability to learn from experience, an ability to discern normal reasons for acting, and a capacity for moral improvement.
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