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    The Consequence argument's Beta principle is invalid beca... — Carmelics
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    The Consequence argument's Beta principle is invalid because a compatibilist account of the ability to do otherwise is correct.

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    • 1.If 'S is able to do X' means 'if S tried to do X, S would do X', then the premises of the Consequence argument are true (since even if S tried to change the laws or the past, S would not succeed).
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    • 2.Under the conditional analysis, the conclusion of the Consequence argument is false, since determinism is consistent with counterfactuals like 'if S tried to raise her hand, she would'.
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    • 3.An argument whose premises are true and whose conclusion is false has an invalid inferential step.
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    An early response to the Consequence argument was to argue that Beta is invalid because a compatibilist account of the ability to do otherwise is correct (Gallois 1977; Foley 1979; Slote 1982; Flint 1987). For instance, if “\(S\) is able to do \(X\)” means “if \(S\) tried to do \(X\), \(S\) would do \(X\)”, then the premises of the argument are true (since even if \(S\) tried to change the laws or the past, she would not succeed), but the conclusion is false (since determinism is consistent with
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