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    The argument from luck applies even when comparing an age... — Carmelics
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    The argument from luck applies even when comparing an agent across worlds that are as similar as possible up to the moment of choice

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    • 1.Indeterminacy of efforts means worlds can only be similar up to the moment of choice, not identical
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    Kane’s claim that indeterminacy precludes exact sameness has been contested (see Clarke 1999, 2002, 2003a, and 2003b: 86–87, and O’Connor 1996). Moreover, Ishtiyaque Haji (1999a) and Alfred Mele (1999a and 1999b) contend that the argument from luck is just as effective if we consider an agent in worlds that are as similar as can be until the moment of choice, given the indeterminacy of efforts. Indeed, the argument might be advanced without any appeal at all to other worlds: given that nothing p
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