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    It is not the case that The coin-toss analogy fails because coin tosses are causally independent across trials, whereas a persistent refuser's character may become increasingly entrenched with each successive rejection.

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    • 1.Even if character becomes entrenched, each moment of choice remains causally independent—past entrenchment is just a prior condition, not causal determination.
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    • 2.The analogy's strength lies in probabilistic independence per trial, not physical mechanism; character entrenchment doesn't eliminate genuine alternative possibilities.
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    • 3.If entrenchment eliminates responsibility, it proves too much: all character is formed by prior causes, making responsibility impossible for anyone, anywhere.
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    • 1.Repeated rejection of moral demands creates habituation: each refusal makes future refusal psychologically easier through reinforcement.
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    • 2.Character is constituted by patterns of choice over time; persistent refusal literally shapes what kind of person one becomes.
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    • 3.Coin tosses have no memory or feedback mechanism, while human psychology exhibits path-dependency where prior states causally influence future states.
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