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    It is not the case that Responsibility for an outcome is only ascribable to an agent that has genuine causal power and normative authority over the conditions producing it.

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    • 1.Shared responsibility exists when multiple agents jointly produced an outcome without each having individual causal power over all conditions.
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    • 2.Moral responsibility can attach to failing to prevent foreseeable harms even when the agent didn't directly cause the initial conditions.
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    • 3.Institutional and systemic responsibility require holding entities accountable for outcomes shaped by complex factors beyond any individual's control.
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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires agents to have influenced outcomes through their choices, not merely been present during their occurrence.
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    • 2.Without normative authority, an agent cannot properly deliberate about what they should do, making responsibility meaningless.
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    • 3.Holding agents responsible when they lack causal power leads to unjust blame and undermines the purpose of accountability.
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