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    It is not the case that Skeptical arguments inherit their force from an inflated, libertarian-laden concept of responsibility that neither folk psychology nor normative theory actually requires.

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    • 1.Folk intuitions actually do track libertarian-compatible concepts: we distinguish moral agents from mere causers, suggesting deeper responsibility criteria.
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    • 2.Even compatibilist normative theories require some minimal control condition—absence of coercion, compulsion—that skeptics can still undermine.
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    • 3.The claim conflates what folk psychology *emphasizes* with what it *requires*; libertarian elements may be background assumptions, not explicitly stated.
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    • 1.Folk psychology attributes responsibility based on intentions and practical reasoning, not requiring libertarian free will or ultimate origination.
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    • 2.Normative theories (consequentialism, virtue ethics) ground responsibility in outcomes and character, which function without metaphysical libertarianism.
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    • 3.Skeptical arguments gain traction by smuggling in unstated libertarian assumptions, making them vulnerable to collapse when those assumptions are exposed.
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