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    It is not the case that Susan Wolf's 'Reason View' establishes that moral responsibility requires the ability to act in accordance with reason, but reason itself can be systematically distorted by unchosen psychological or social conditions.

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    • 1.Wolf's view risks making moral responsibility impossible: any reasoning could be traced to prior unchosen causes, eliminating responsibility entirely.
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    • 2.Distinguishing 'distorted' from 'functioning' reason requires independent standards—but those standards themselves could be questioned as unchosen.
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    • 3.People often overcome deeply ingrained psychological biases through effort, suggesting reason retains corrective power despite distorting influences.
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    • 1.Victims of severe childhood trauma often develop distorted reasoning patterns that persist despite rational effort, limiting their genuine moral agency.
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    • 2.Social indoctrination can systematically warp how individuals process moral facts, making their 'reasoned' conclusions unreliable reflections of truth.
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    • 3.If responsibility requires reason-responsiveness, and reason is corrupted by unchosen conditions, then holding such persons fully responsible seems unjust.
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