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    It is not the case that Procrastinate is obligated to agree to review the paper

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.An agent is obligated only to perform acts they will actually complete, not acts they will foreseeably fail to fulfill.
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    • 2.Procrastinate will foreseeably fail to write the review if she agrees, making agreement itself harmful rather than obligatory.
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    • 3.Obligations cannot coherently attach to acts whose performance predictably produces worse outcomes than non-performance.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The Obligation Distribution Condition fails because conjunctive obligations do not distribute across conditionally dependent conjuncts.
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    • 2.If fulfilling the second conjunct (writing the review) is causally contingent on the first, the obligation is holistic and cannot be decomposed into independent duties.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.An agent is obligated to perform acts that are part of the best series of acts the agent can perform over the course of their life
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    • 2.Agreeing to review the paper is part of the best series of acts Procrastinate can perform over the course of her life
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.Procrastinate is obligated to agree to review the paper and then write the review
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    • 2.The Obligation Distribution Condition (ODC) holds that if an agent is obligated to perform a conjunctive action, the agent is obligated to perform each conjunct
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