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    It is not the case that 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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